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VOL. 24, NO. 3 | COVER DESIGN: WAYNE HUNT

COMMENT
NEWS
CULTURE
SNOWLANDER

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FOOD
FILM
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EVENTS

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new word has entered our lexicon here at
Inlander HQ: spiegel. In German, it means
“mirror”; in the world of printing, it refers
to a two-part publication with a back cover that
becomes the “front” when flipped over. You’ll see
what I mean with this week’s special pullout section. On one side, we have SNOWLANDER stories,
with write-ups on the Inland Northwest’s 48
mountain resorts; on the other, there’s a guide to the Inlander’s Winter Party
(half ski show, half beer festival, on Nov. 11-12). In either case, the section as a
whole celebrates one of the best (and sometimes arduous) parts about living
here: glorious winter.
Also this week: Culture writers Laura Johnson and Dan Nailen explore
the rise of alt-country music (page 39), and news reporter Daniel Walters examines Spokane’s homeless shelter strategy (page 18). Finally, a note about
ELECTION DAY: We’ll be covering the results as they roll in Tuesday night at
Inlander.com, and we’ll have complete coverage and analysis in next week’s
issue. One way or another, the election promises to be historic.
— JACOB H. FRIES, editor

A chance of a huge adventure elsewhere. Flee
as in run for my life? Feeling unsafe where I
currently live.
What will you do if your candidate of choice
doesn’t win the election?
Try to live a normal life anyway and do as best
I can with what I have.

Natural disaster, political repression...
What will you do if your candidate of choice
doesn’t win the election?
Be disappointed. ... I teach at U of I and I tell
my students this, that one of the great things
about America is that — this is gonna sound
bad, but I think it’s actually a great thing — not
much is at stake in our elections, because we
have rights that protect us.

MONIQUE BELAIR

Maybe a militia uprising.
What will you do if your candidate of choice
doesn’t win the election?
Become even more proactive in making sure
those representing me are being heard.

t’s easy to forget, but there are plenty of important questions before voters next week not
named Trump or Clinton. Even now, before
the votes have been counted, there have been
some remarkable developments that will impact
our politics well past 2016. Will lessons of this
election cycle be learned or ignored?

It’s been equal parts amusing and alarming to
watch Republicans tie themselves in knots trying
to decide which is worse — to un-endorse Donald
Trump for his misogyny (and other problems) or
to handcuff yourself to him, no matter what kind
of crazy he shares at his rallies?
In our area, Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo was
especially twisted up, having un-endorsed Trump
after his creepy predator talk with Billy Bush. He
even got a shout-out from Saturday Night Live writers for his act of political bravery. But it didn’t
last, as he re-endorsed Trump last week.
Cathy McMorris Rodgers has been in a difficult spot too. By association, Trump has insulted
her, a woman, and her husband, a Navy veteran.
Despite his offenses being so personal, Rodgers’
calculus seems to be that sticking with him is best
for her political bottom line.
To be fair, her position in leadership complicates her situation. But it wasn’t long ago when
a local member of Congress also put national
leadership ahead of what’s deemed right for the
district. That guy, Tom Foley, was thrown out.
Every elected official who sticks with Trump
sends a message: “We’re cool with objectifying
women — as long as we get to keep our jobs.”
There will be a price to pay, and sticking with
Trump, instead of women, may cost Republicans
down the line. Bigly.

PARTY IN EXILE

Meanwhile, there are two Washington state GOP
candidates who managed to run without showing
much fealty to Trump. Bill Bryant (governor)
and Chris Vance (U.S. Senate) found plenty of
ways to argue traditional conservative policies.
(Remember those? The ones you could hear
back in the days of Ronald Reagan?) They didn’t
let Trump undermine their message; they just
renounced him.
The rebuilding of the GOP is already underway, but does anyone think it can happen inside
the Beltway? They’re already doubling down on
everything America is fed up with. Witch-hunts
that never end? Check — more of those. Stonewalling Supreme Court nominees and undermining the highest authority in the land? Yep — for
four or eight more years, depending. Their hole
is deep, so the plan is to… keep digging?
Bryant, in particular, was a solid voice for
a different approach to state government — and
it’s an outlook that addresses pressing issues. We
should be proud that we had two leading voices

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West Coast.

of reason representing
the Republican Party
here. Whatever your political persuasion, we all
need to encourage more
of that. Bryant could
emerge as an important
figure in what comes
next. Who knows,
maybe the seeds of the
future GOP are being
planted out here on the

A PROGRESSIVE WAVE

Polling shows that all of the bold ideas about
how to run our state better are probably going to
be enacted. Public financing of elections (I-1464),
the carbon tax (I-732), increasing the minimum
wage (I-1433) and even restricting access to
firearms in certain cases (I-1491) are all looking
good in voters’ eyes.
This all sounds great — we’re innovating and
creating a more dynamic state, with marriage
equality and legalized marijuana two other recent
examples. But, um, what do we have a state
legislature for again?
The devil’s always in the details, and every
public initiative is fraught with unintended consequences. Voters beware, and do your research.
Meanwhile, the elected officials of Olympia need
to get in the game and address some of these
items in a more balanced, responsible way. When
the statehouse punts, solutions come instead from
an army of signature collectors and the sugar
daddies who buy the ballot space.

BIG BUCKS ON THE BENCH

We’re seeing more and more interest in judicial
races, with three Washington state Supreme
Court justices facing challenges (and one more
in Idaho), along with two local Superior Court
judges. It’s true that no elected position should be
a rubber stamp once you get in, but it’s also true
that money has a way of polluting the process
— and there’s more being spent on these races
than ever before. Voters generally know too little
about judges, so, again, do your homework.

SHORTER IS SWEETER

One idea that’s getting some traction as America
has suffered through this Bataan Death March
of an election is making it shorter. This would
require the parties to enforce new limits —
sorry GOP, but you can’t have 17 candidates.
Wouldn’t it be nice to have, say, six months of
electoral pain and suffering instead of 18? But if
the parties won’t play, perhaps a single, six-year
presidential term is worth a look.
If we don’t fix it while the nightmare is still
fresh, I’m afraid the sequel will get the green light
by February: Election 2020: The Do-over. n

COMMENT | TRAIL MIX

Comrade Trump?
REDS, WHITE AND BLUE

The bromance between Republican presidential nominee DONALD TRUMP
and often-shirtless Russian President Vladimir Putin has remained a curious
subplot of this election. Even before allegedly Russian hackers dumped thousands of stolen emails from the Democratic National Committee and Hillary
Clinton’s campaign chairman onto WikiLeaks, Trump has gone out of his way
to praise Putin’s leadership, even when challenged directly on it. Trump’s
team pushed to change the Republican National Committee’s policy on
Russia’s Ukrainian invasion to a more Putin-friendly one. Then his campaign
manager, Paul Manafort, resigned after reports emerged of his ties to secret
off-the-books payments from Ukraine’s pro-Russian former president.
In the dying days of the 2016 campaign, media outlets have sought even
juicier stories linking Trump and Russia. Slate passed along speculation that
a Trump computer server had been secretly communicating with a Russian
bank, while Mother Jones claimed that a former intelligence officer had provided the FBI with information that Russia was treating Trump as a possible
foreign intelligence asset.
Other publications quickly poured cold water on these stories, highlighting the litany of technical flaws in the Slate piece and reporting that the FBI’s
scrutiny of direct links between Russia and Trump has turned up nothing thus
far.
But that’s left the question hanging: Exactly why does Trump love Russia
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Throughout this presidential election cycle, FBI Director JAMES COMEY has
emerged as a central figure.
In July, Comey recommended that no criminal charges be filed against
Hillary Clinton for her handling of classified information, but called her “extremely careless” in using a private email address and server. Donald Trump
denounced Comey as part of the problem, consistent with Trump’s belief that
the election has been rigged for Clinton.
But 11 days before Election Day, Comey announced that the FBI would
review new evidence related to Clinton’s emails. Now, it’s Clinton questioning
the motives behind the timing of Comey’s announcement.
And now it’s Trump praising Comey.
“It took guts for Director Comey to make the move that he made in light
of the kind of opposition he had where they’re trying to protect her from
criminal prosecution,” Trump said.
The FBI reportedly found the emails from Clinton aide Huma Abedin
weeks ago while investigating an unrelated case involving Abedin’s estranged husband, former New York congressman Anthony Weiner. (WILSON
CRISCIONE)

Darkest Before the Dawn
This election has brought out the worst in too many Americans,
but there’s still an opportunity to deliver overdue justice
BY PAUL DILLON

L

ike most Americans, I can’t
wait for this election to be
over. On the morning after,
no matter what, I imagine a sense
of peace, but I can’t lie to you:
That peace involves Donald Trump
and his hate losing; however, the
next test waits with an angry constituency in the millions.
Worse, many will be convinced of a rigged election, and
that the President-elect belongs in prison instead of the
Oval Office.
Clinging to a rigged result is the easiest explanation
for justifying a loss on Nov. 8. It’s a deceitful stance,

especially after reports of Trump supporters intimidating
people of color at the ballot box, creating extra hurdles.
Voter fraud claims are part and parcel of the myth that
Republicans have built up to pass new voting restrictions
— another rhetorical flame that has been fanned for years.
So if that rhetoric leads to danger, you can’t just blame
Trump, even though he’s never one to admit defeat.
In addition, the claims are more puzzling when in
Washington, Secretary Of State Kim Wyman sent out a
Spanish-language voter pamphlet that made it seem that
if Spanish-speaking voters had a misdemeanor on their
record or even a parking infraction, they could interpret
it to mean they don’t get to vote at all.

Why so scared? We live in a time where there’s a
continued transfer of massive power — America has been
run almost entirely by white men, and now the future is
going to be in the hands of a new majority.
The coming backlash will be immense. Jorge Ramos
from Univision found that hate groups in the country
have grown significantly in the past year. According to
data from the Southern Poverty Law Center, the number
of organizations linked to the Ku Klux Klan grew from
72 in 2014 to 190 in 2015. It’s called “the Trump Effect.”
In the excellent Netflix documentary 13th, Trump’s
rallying call of returning to the “good old days” when
protesters were carried out on stretchers are heard in a
voice-over against archival footage of civil-rights-era news
footage of water hoses, attack dogs and beatings.
How does the hostility of the campaign stop? So
much media oxygen has been sucked up by the next
worst thing that most Americans aren’t paying much
attention to the warning signs of dangerous confrontations to come. Last week, as a verdict was released in
the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge armed occupation
trial, protesters against the Dakota Access Pipeline at
Standing Rock in North Dakota were violently attacked
and arrested. Both situations involve a clash between the
United States government and private citizens over land
ownership, but the way the government is treating the
people involved couldn’t be more different.
If we are serious about truth and reconciliation
throughout our country as opposed to appeasing parts of
it, then both Republicans and Democrats must acknowledge that the frustration and anger in communities are
recurring symptoms of our history.
We must change this hatred and respectfully deliver
justice to those who have been wronged. People directly
impacted by injustices must lead the conversation about
what that justice looks like to them — and acknowledge
that “the Trump Effect” is a side effect of forever treating
a certain group of people less fairly and equitably than
others.
Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice
Initiative who was in Spokane last year for Whitworth
University’s President’s Leadership Forum speaker series,
touched on the question of whether this election had any
silver lining in the New Yorker. Regarding the transfer of
power, he said, “if anything, the moment seems like a moment of light, because things are being illuminated that
have been going on for a very long time.”
It’s always darkest before the dawn. After waking up,
America can’t look the other way if it ever wants to be
great again. n
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JEREMY KING: At least our overpasses are built well I guess.
KITTY KLITZKE: Remove the
billboards which practically cover up
the 11’9” sign and replace them with
a lighted sign that says
“warning low clearance
11’9”” or close that stretch
to trucks. Also, before the bridge,
“trucks must exit here” sign.
LUANN HUNDLEY-SURYAN: Grease
the overpasses so they don’t get
stuck.

Sticking power.

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Reactions to
the recent spate
of semi trucks
getting stuck
under downtown
Spokane
overpasses, and
what should be
done to help
prevent it (see
page 20):

BARB PROFFITT: I live on the west
side of the state, and I am shocked
at how low that span is. Just driving
a car through is hard enough, if a
truck has no warning ahead of time,
it’s screwed. There is nowhere to go,
and we all know nobody is going
to give an inch to let them back up.
I love going to Spokane, but that
one section is the worst part of the
drive.
BILL MELLO: Build a sacrificial
thingy that they hit first.
ELIZABETH PARKER: This entire
state has horrible signage. Put the
prisoners to work creating better
signs.
DOUG NICOL: Maybe dig down and
by doing so raise the opening to
15’6” or whatever is standard.
ROCHELLE COUSINEAU POPE:
Could the increase this year have
something to do with all the construction and reroutes… perhaps an
app or map that identifies safe truck
routes. No one wants to do this, I
think it’s frustration and getting
stuck in traffic and then turning with
nowhere to go followed by that oh
s#%* moment. Create a truck route
that’s clearly labeled. How many of
these guys are following their GPS?
MATTHIAS MCDOODLES: Leverage
large fines. The trucking companies
will take care of it themselves if the
penalty is large enough.
MARC JEFFREY DRIFTMEYER:
Lower the road, install a proper arch
bridge overpass and share the cost
with BNSF.
MONICA BERTUCCI: The city
transportation department can
contact the major online mapping
services and have them update their
maps with the clearance issues and
have them pop up as warnings, just
as construction issues do, when a
driver is mapping the route and
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Roy Jackson feared he wouldn’t be able to build a home on his property near Indian Canyon Golf Course because of a water rights decision.

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Well Wishers
A Washington Supreme Court decision will make sure
that proposed developments plan for water availability.
But is it worth the potential economic impact?
BY WILSON CRISCIONE

S

teve Hagen had no idea why the deal was falling
through. The potential buyers of a 10-acre parcel
south of Deer Park made their offer in cash. A
builder was ready to build their dream home on the land.
All that was left was approval of the building permit.
But Spokane County wouldn’t issue the permit. The
buyers rescinded the offer, citing a state Supreme Court
decision. Hagen, a real estate agent with Keller Williams
Realty, wanted answers.
Hagen took to Facebook and asked other realtors
what was going on. He had heard that counties on the
other side of the state weren’t issuing permits to use water on some new home developments. But not here. Not
in Spokane. Right?
“I asked, ‘Did anyone know about this?’” Hagen

says. “And it just blew up.”
As he quickly found out, the Oct. 6 decision by the
Washington Supreme Court — the Hirst decision — would
have huge impacts on development throughout the state,
including Spokane County. For property owners looking
for permission to drill a well, the ruling says it’s no longer
enough that water is physically available. Now, you’d
have to prove that the well wouldn’t impair anyone else’s
ability to use water if they already had the right to it.
The court clarified that this applies to so-called
“permit-exempt wells,” typically private domestic wells
that were exempt from the water permitting process. And
it shifts more responsibility from the Department of Ecology to counties to determine if a new well will infringe on
someone else’s water rights.

The Hirst decision outraged many realtors, developers and property owners in rural areas. Some people, like
Spokesman-Review columnist Sue Lani Madsen, said the
decision will block any new development in the state.
Some elected officials have said it will come down to a
“legislative fix,” and called on voters to help oust the
three Supreme Court judges up for re-election. Spokane
County officials found a way to let people apply for
building permits under the old rules until the last possible
second, allowing deals like Hagen’s to finally go through
before it was too late.
But are they overreacting? Could this be, instead, a
solution that will actually protect property owners from
having their own wells dry up because there are too
many straws in the proverbial cup? According to Futurewise, an anti-sprawl environmental group that filed the
lawsuit leading to the court’s decision, it is that simple.
“The reaction to this, I think, is a little surprising,
considering what it’s requiring,” says Kitty Klitzke,
Eastern Washington program director for Futurewise.
“What it’s requiring communities to do is plan for water
availability when they plan growth. I mean, that’s just
absolute common sense.”

“T

hese,” says Spokane County Commissioner
Al French, “are our heroes.” In the Spokane
County Commissioners’ hearing room on
the evening of Oct. 19, a projector screen shows the faces
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of at least a dozen state legislators in the region,
many of whom are in the room as French speaks.
He tells the packed room to keep their emotions in check throughout the meeting.
“I can tell you that the Board of County
Commissioners shares that emotion,” he says.
“And we are concerned about the impact that
[the Hirst decision] is going to have, not only on
the county as an entity, but on individuals within
the county. All three [commissioners] are committed to the concept of protecting water rights, as
well as property rights. And so we’re going to get
through this together.”
Mike Hermanson, a water resources project
manager for Spokane County, steps up to the
podium to explain what the Hirst decision means.
When the state’s Growth
Management Act passed
in 1990, it required that
builders must have an
adequate source of water
to serve a proposed building. County governments,
Hermanson says, assumed
that meant you need to
demonstrate only that there’s sufficient water
supply before issuing a building permit. If the
Department of Ecology didn’t step in and say
that the water would infringe on someone else’s
water rights, the county assumed the water was
legally available.
“So the assumption was no news is good
news. If we didn’t hear there was no water available, then water was available,” he says.
The Hirst decision turns that assumption
on its head. No longer can counties rely on the
inaction of the Department of Ecology. Counties,
Hermanson says, must determine if a building
permit that’s going to be served by a private
water supply — mostly used by homes in rural
areas — is impairing any water rights.
It gets trickier when considering water basins
with what’s called an “instream flow” rule.
The Little Spokane River watershed in north
Spokane county — encompassing the Mead area,
Chattaroy and Deer Park, all the way into Pend
Oreille County to the north — has such a rule,
meaning the river has a minimum flow that cannot be impaired. Coupled with the Hirst decision,
that sets an impairment standard that is “almost
impossible to meet,” Hermanson says.
“So when someone comes to get a building

permit, and we look at the information, and
we’re asked, does this new use — does it have
legally available water? We have a hard time
answering that it does,” Hermanson says. “And if
we did answer that it did, we would be de facto
saying that you have legally available water, and
then we would be on the hook for that decision
… so that’s kind of the conundrum we’re in.”
As Hermanson speaks during the meeting,
the crowd grows angrier. One woman in the back
storms out in fury because of what this means.
Officials say the county is working on ways
to work around the issue. A water bank, for
example, in which the county buys up water
rights to sell to homeowners, is one solution, but
it’s two years out.

“So the assumption was no news is good
news. If we didn’t hear there was no water
available, then water was available.”

The only fix, says French, is for the state
legislature to change the law so that the Supreme
Court can’t interpret it the way it did. State
Senators Mike Padden and Michael Baumgartner
promise that the legislature is working on it.
In the meantime, the county told people they
had until Oct. 26 to submit building permit applications under the old rules.
Eric Johnson, Spokane Association of Realtors chair of government affairs, tells the Inlander
that the Hirst decision could “shut down all
industry” and “all rural development.” Property
owners will see their land devalued, he says.
Contractors could lose work. He blames Futurewise and the Supreme Court for what he sees
as an unreasonable decision approached in the
wrong way.
“This is Machiavellian, as far as how they’ve
gone about it. It’s a slash and burn, just, ‘Hey,
shut it down,’” Johnson says.

A

month ago, Roy Jackson bought a property about five minutes from downtown,
near Indian Canyon Golf Course. He
plans to build a house there on the 10-acre property out in the country.
He wasn’t going to get his building permit

until spring, but then someone told him that if he wanted a
guarantee he could drill a well for water, he’d have to submit the
application by Oct. 26.
He got the application processed in time after waiting at the
county’s building and planning department office for almost five
hours. The office was packed with people, all trying to get their
applications in before the new rules took effect. The department
processed 453 building permit applications from Oct. 20 until the
26th, a 900 percent increase from a typical week this time of year.
“It was literally a madhouse down there,” Jackson says.
Of those applications, Suzy Dix, a realtor who sells a high
number of rural properties, submitted 35. Dix, who calls herself
a strong conservationist, says there are other things to consider
besides sales. While she waited in the office, she found herself
explaining to people how water rights work — how people who
have had wells on a property that uses the Little Spokane River
watershed have seen their wells dry up because people upstream
put in exempt wells.
This problem should have been fixed a long time ago, she
says.
“We’re running out of water. People are using too much water, and the government hasn’t been regulating it,” Dix says. “And
now they do, but they do it in a very ferocious way that really
affected a lot of people.”
Susan McGeorge, manager of the Whitworth Water District,
says she is not surprised by the decision, and thinks it’s logical.
But she is concerned at how
quick of a change it represents.
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where exempt wells have gone
dry, but the court didn’t consider the ramifications on the economy when making its ruling.
“The rug has been pulled out,” McGeorge says. “I feel like
there is an awful amount of people that are in the middle, and
haven’t drilled their wells this year, and I don’t think they got
their permits in time.”
Tim Trohimovich, director of planning and law for Futurewise, says the Hirst decision is designed to protect those senior
water rights holders who run out of water. The decision, he says,
will have a positive effect on protecting their water rights.
“I certainly think there’s an overreaction. The concerns about
shutting down development are overblown,” Trohimovich says.
Futurewise’s Klitzke thinks people have yet to see the bigger
picture. And maybe, she says, development should halt in some
areas to protect the water.
“I think people are missing that we’re going to have to adapt
to climate change and other challenges, and the massive influx
of growth,” Klitzke says. “We need to go from having a cavalier
attitude about how we plan infrastructure to being more careful
about planning for our future.” 
wilsonc@inlander.com

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Doppelgängers?
LOOK-ALIKES It is a universally acknowledged truth that Gonzaga head basketball coach Mark Few LOOKS EERILY SIMILAR to Kevin Bacon, who himself played a basketball coach in the 1994 comedy The Air Up There. On the blog,
the Inlander has done you the service of identifying other doppelgängers in the region. For example, former County
Commissioner Todd Mielke looks a bit like an older version of South Park co-creator Trey Parker. We also went the extra
mile to identify local celebrities who look like other local celebrities: The rugged good looks of former County Commissioner John Roskelley closely resemble the rugged good looks of former federal prosecutor Jim McDevitt. And give
Spokane County Prosecutor Larry Haskell (pictured left) a bow tie and he’s a dead ringer for former Museum of Arts and
Culture Director Forrest Rodgers. (DANIEL WALTERS)

FOOTBALL The Washington State University STUDENT CONDUCT PROCESS is under
fire for suspending a football player, Robert
Barber, who police and multiple witnesses say
is shown on video knocking another student
unconscious at a party. The Seattle Times
wrote a lengthy story examining the student
conduct process as it relates to Barber, quoting
advocacy groups who claim the system is
unfair and suggest that the school targeted
Barber, who is from American Samoa. State
Sen. Michael Baumgartner joined in on the
criticism of the process, offering Barber a job
should his suspension be upheld. Hashtags
like #freebarber showed up on social media.
Nobody, however, came to the defense of
student Pedro Diaz, who is not on the football
team and told the Inlander that he, too, will
be suspended for his role in the same brawl
that got Barber in trouble. Diaz, who was
cited by police for disorderly conduct, will
be suspended two semesters starting Jan. 1.
(WILSON CRISCIONE)

POLICE It might not seem like it, but a
national Gallup poll released last month shows
that RESPECT FOR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT is as high as it’s been since the 1960s.
According to Gallup, 76 percent of those polled
say they have a “great deal” of respect for “police in their area,” a 12 percent jump from last
year. Also perhaps surprisingly, considering
the disproportionate number of African Americans and Native Americans killed by police,
respect for local police is up among both white
and nonwhite people. A second poll released
earlier this year shows “confidence” in police is
up after dipping to a 22-year low last year. The
divide between white and nonwhite people
was more pronounced regarding the question
of confidence in police. (MITCH RYALS)

NEWS | BRIEFS

Hiring Bias?
Lawsuit alleges employment discrimination in county PD’s office;
plus, the Valley addresses panhandling and the right to petition
PUBLIC OFFENDER?
An attorney in the Spokane County Public Defender’s
Office is suing her boss for employment discrimination.
In a lawsuit filed last week, Brooke Hagara alleges
that Spokane County Public Defender TOM KRZYMINSKI promoted two less qualified lawyers over
Hagara because she was pregnant at the time she applied, and because of an alleged past sexual relationship
between the two.
The lawsuit names Krzyminski, the director of the
office, and Spokane County and asks for $500,000 in
damages.
Hagara, who has worked as a public defender for
the past 10 years, applied for an open senior attorney
position in June 2015 after she told Krzyminski she was
pregnant. Hagara says she was not interviewed and
claims that Krzyminski hired a less experienced female
attorney, Jill Gannon-Nagle, instead. Hagara left for
maternity leave in December 2015 and applied for senior
attorney a second time while on leave. Krzyminski gave
the job to a male attorney, Kyle Zeller, who took over one
of Hagara’s cases while she was gone.
Krzyminski says he can’t comment on active lawsuits.
Hagara also points to comments from Deputy Director Karen Lindholdt “repeatedly” telling Hagara “that she

may not want to handle serious cases, remain in felonies,
or even remain at the office after she had her baby,” court
documents say. Both Krzyminski and Lindholdt have applied for the vacant District Court judge position.
Finally, Hagara accuses Krzyminski of discriminating
against her because she ended a previous sexual relationship with him, and he “was not happy about it.” The
allegations of a sexual relationship were not mentioned
in Hagara’s original tort claim, filed ahead of the lawsuit,
nor in her complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. (MITCH RYALS)

CAN I ASK YOU SOMETHING?

Spokane Valley has updated its city code to no longer
target aggressive begging or PANHANDLING, instead
prohibiting all kinds of solicitation.
Spokane Valley residents shouldn’t worry this might
increase the number of panhandlers, as Valley Councilman Sam Wood initially feared when learning of a
proposed change to city code.
Spokane Valley has two different municipal codes
regulating solicitation. The first, amended in 2014, makes
it illegal to solicit from vehicle occupants. Until last week,
when the Valley updated the code, the city also prohib-

ited “aggressive begging in any public place in the city.”
Yet according to a state Supreme Court case earlier
this year, the language of that Valley code would have
infringed on the free speech rights of citizens because it
restricted speech based on its content, according to a state
Supreme Court case earlier this year, City of Lakewood v.
Willis.
To align with the ruling, Valley city staff proposed
changing the language from “aggressive begging” to “aggressive solicitation,” a distinction that would encompass asking for charity, selling or distributing goods or
services, and soliciting signatures on a petition or survey.
The key is that you can’t engage in those activities aggressively, by intimidating another person.
The Spokane Valley City Council’s initial resistance
to this change had nothing to do with panhandlers; it had
to do with the right to petition.
Councilman Michael Munch wanted the word “petition” struck from the new ordinance because he saw it
as an important part of keeping the public “involved in
government affairs.” Even though Deputy City Attorney
Erik Lamb said the ordinance would not infringe on
anybody’s right to petition — only that people couldn’t do
so aggressively — Munch held firm.
“You either have to strike that word from [the] petition out of there, or I can’t support it at this time,” Munch
said during the first reading of the ordinance. Ultimately,
however, when it came time to approve the ordinance,
the council approved it unanimously.
“This does not implicate the First Amendment,” said
City Attorney Cary Driskell. “Even though it uses the
word ‘petition,’ it is not to infringe on anybody’s right to
petition, it’s just they can’t do it in a way that’s aggressive.” (WILSON CRISCIONE)

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For more than a year, the city of Spokane has pursued a
plan to expand homeless shelters to be open 24/7 — while
scrambling to save the services that shelters already have
BY DANIEL WALTERS

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olunteers of America youth services
director Bridget Cannon hasn’t yet told
the kids. Ideally, she won’t have to.
These teens — lugging around backstories that
often include abuse, sexual assault, malnourishment, drug addiction and mental illness — have
enough uncertainty to deal with. They come here
to Crosswalk, a teen drop-in center and homeless
shelter in downtown Spokane, because they have
few other safe places to go.
“We’re trying to present ‘Everything’s
normal, everything’s going [fine]’ — just like your
parents would,” Cannon says. But in fact, Crosswalk has been hit with a huge blow.
Volunteers of America found out last month
that they hadn’t received the $200,000 per-year
Basic Center Program grant from the U.S.
Department of Housing and Urban Development
that had sustained them for the past three years.
In a moment, HUD had slashed the budget for
Crosswalk by more than a third.
And now the region’s longest-running 24/7
shelter for teens is facing a worst-case-scenario
possibility of losing its 24/7 status.
“When you’re bored, and you have no
structure, and you can’t get out of the weather,
and you don’t know where you want to go for
a meal, what do you do? You find lots of places
to get into trouble,” Cannon says. She speaks
with a New Jersey accent, her compassion cut
with a pragmatic edge. “You’re dumpster-diving
for your meals. I’ve had kids come in here sick
because the pizza place started pouring bleach
over their throwaway pizza.”
Here, they can sleep. But this is also the spot
where they receive aid from substance abuse
counselors and art teachers. They get professional guidance about safe sex and healthy relationships. They get tutoring and job training.
“We close during the day?” Cannon says. “A
lot of that goes away.”
By contrast, at the House of Charity on the
other side of downtown, this week brought a
moment of celebration. After a year and a half
of work, the city of Spokane and a coalition of
nonprofits were finally ready to announce their
first major victory in pursuit of the region’s
24/7 shelter system: Starting Nov. 1, the House
of Charity homeless shelter would be open 24
hours a day, seven days a week during the winter.
Cannon worries, however, that cuts to Crosswalk could undercut the progress made expanding homeless shelters for adults.
“If you’re not focusing on youth homelessness, all you’re doing is, for every chronically
homeless person you house, you’ve got the next
person in line,” Cannon says. “You’ve got to stop
the pipeline.”

In the past few years, homeless shelters all across
the country have faced crises similar to the one
that Crosswalk now faces.
It’s mostly a consequence of a major philosophical change in how HUD doles out money.
Instead of just giving the homeless a temporary
spot to crash every night, the federal government
now seeks to give them actual homes.
For the permanent-housing side of charities,
the shift has brought a time of feast: This year,
Catholic Charities opened Buder Haven and
Volunteers of America opened the the Marilee
— both high-rise apartments aimed to house the
homeless. But for the shelter side — the places
homeless men and women first land before they
can be rehoused — it’s been a time of famine.
The first big blow for Volunteers of America
came in 2012: They lost their Transitional Living
Program grant of 15 years, meaning that Flaherty
House, a homeless shelter for young men between ages 18 and 21, had to shut down. It still
hasn’t reopened. That same year, Crosswalk also
lost its Basic Center Program grant.
“Downtown businesses did step up and give
us a pretty hefty chunk of money to help us out,”
Cannon says. Crosswalk didn’t cut hours, but
had to lay off longtime staff and eliminated fun
things like YMCA passes. That may seem minor,
but Cannon says that giving kids stuff to do is
crucial to keeping them out of trouble.
Volunteers of America got its Basic Center
Program grant the next year, then lost it again
three years later. Nonprofits like Volunteers of
America are used to riding a roller coaster driven
by the whims of grants and foundations.
The burden to provide stability has been
placed on local communities.
In May, Mayor David Condon and City
Council President Ben Stuckart announced
$200,000 to shore up funding to prevent House
of Charity from slashing hours. But their larger
goal is far more ambitious.

The coalition has sought almost $1.4 million in order to keep
homeless shelters — including House of Charity, Family Promise,
the Salvation Army, and Volunteers of America’s Hope House —
accessible 24/7. The coalition still needs almost $600,000 more to
pull that off. Jonathan Mallahan, the city of Spokane’s neighborhood and business services director, says he’s an optimist. He
believes — or at least hopes — that the city and its partners can
pull together a plan this month to pay for the rest.
Amid the clamor of demand for limited city resources, the
strain is acute.
“I’m sure the city would like to step up and plug those holes
wherever we possibly can, but it’s not going to be the reality,”
City Councilman Mike Fagan says.
Yet the alternative can be deadly.
“Kill me!” a homeless man named Michael Kurtz screams in
April. “KILL ME!” He’s outside the House of Charity, holding a
knife pointed at his own chest, and refuses to drop it, despite pleas
from the police. Two police officers shoot Kurtz, killing him.
Later, the local Catholic bishop speculates that, if House of
Charity hadn’t have been closed during those hours, Kurtz never
would have been on the street, the confrontation never would
have occurred, and he’d still be alive.
“We want to be a ‘city of choice’ and we have people suffering
on our streets without a roof over their heads?” says Mallahan.
“That’s crazy.”

THE CONSTANT FUNDRAISER

At a Volunteers of America fundraiser at the DoubleTree Hotel
last Friday, a kid dubbed “Charlie” speaks, his head blurred and
his voice altered.
“If this wasn’t here, I’d honestly be dead,” he says. “It was
hard quitting drinking, most of all.”
Volunteers of America is still tallying the checks written and
raffle tickets sold, but VOA President Fawn Schott estimates that
this fundraiser raised as much as $40,000, a crucial piece of solving the funding challenge.
“What do we need to do to build a model that is more sustainable?” asks Schott. “And not so reliable on federal dollars.”
In the meantime, Volunteers of America will seek other ways
to bolster funding for Crosswalk, including reapplying next year
for the grant it lost. Mallahan also raises a best-case scenario:
The community has applied for a highly competitive $1.5 million
Youth Demonstration grant from HUD, one that won’t go away
if Spokane can prove it’s effective.
The city of Spokane has chipped in $76,000 to fund Crosswalk until the end of the year.
Crosswalk also has been meeting with businesses and local
foundations, asking for money from many of the same groups
that gave to help stop the House of Charity cuts just a few
months ago.
The Downtown Spokane Partnership has already donated
$25,000 to the efforts for the House of Charity, and has promised
to match up to $25,000 from local businesses. DSP president
Mark Richard says he’d also welcome a call from Schott about
funding Crosswalk.
“I’d expect we’d find a way to support her and her mission,”
Richard says.
Other nonprofits, which invariably face their own funding
challenges, have already leaped in to help. Last week, Safety Net,
a local organization aiding foster youth, set up a GoFundMe page
called “Help us Help Spokane’s Kids!” intended to aid Crosswalk. As of Monday night, the page had raised $3,350 from nine
donors. The page aims to raise $100,000.
Cannon is grateful for this kind of generosity. For her, Crosswalk is so much more than just a warm place for homeless kids to
sleep.
“Crosswalk has always been a model of what good comes
out of having a safe place to sleep. But especially for kids? A safe
place to grow up,” Cannon says. “I mean, that’s what we’re talkin’
about: Growing up doesn’t take place when you’re sleeping.
Growing up takes place when you’re awake.” n
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NEWS | TRANSPORTATION

A truck, like several others this year, gets wedged underneath the railway bridge downtown, despite the sign warning of the low height.

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Big, Dumb Truck Problem
The Inlander asks Spokane’s street guru if there’s anything
the city can do to stop trucks from running into bridges

MORE OBVIOUS SIGNAGE?

BY DANIEL WALTERS

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his time, the truck driver nearly made it through.
The gap between the pavement of Stevens Street
and the top of the BNSF Railway bridge between
First Avenue and Second is about 11½ feet.

That’s two inches shorter than the “can opener,” an
11-foot, 8-inch overpass in Durham, North Carolina, that
has achieved international infamy for scalping more than
100 trucks whose drivers mistakenly think their vehicles

are short enough to slide through.
But the Fred’s Appliance truck became stuck under
the Stevens Street underpass on Oct. 18, blocking multiple lanes of traffic until it could be extricated. And it’s
hardly the first truck to be clotheslined at that underpass
this year. Local TV outlets reported that at least three
other trucks have been stuck at the same spot this year,
despite the bright yellow sign warning drivers exactly
how little clearance they had.
In total, KHQ reported in September, 13 trucks had
hit low Spokane bridges in 2016 alone. Either way, along
with harming the truck, it can create huge traffic jams for
hours. If the truck hits a railway bridge, trains sometimes
have to be stopped and the bridges inspected for damage.
“We’ve all done stupid things,” says Mark Serbousek,
director of the Spokane streets department. “These are big
stupid things.
Many of the truck drivers who’ve hit the bridges,
Serbousek says, aren’t ignorant out-of-towners. A lot of
them are locals.
“Which is crazy,” Serbousek says. “The excuse we’ve
been getting is they didn’t pay attention.”
The Inlander brainstormed with Serbousek, trying to
figure out if there was something — anything — that the
city could do to stop the bridge bashers without spending
millions to raise bridges or lower streets.
Serbousek notes that for decades, there have been signs
warning drivers of the low heights on the bridges, complete in some cases with yellow flashing lights to make it
really clear.
He says there’s a limit to what signs can do.
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signs,” Serbousek says. After a while, drivers, especially those familiar with the area, tend to zone
out and ignore many of the signs they see.
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that trucks get stuck under downtown aren’t
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the [warning] pole,” Serbousek says.
2) Put the pole closer to the bridge, which
might not give truck drivers enough time to realize their mistake before hitting the bridge.
“Is it going to stop them?” Serbousek says.
“Some of these guys are getting halfway through
the bridge before they stop.” Not only that, but it
won’t do much to prevent traffic jams created by
a truck needing to slowly back up in the middle of
a busy intersection.

WARNING POLES?

INFRARED OR RADAR?

Think of the pole sticking out before you try
to go up the ramp to the NorthTown parking
garage. If you’re too tall, you hit it, hear a loud
noise, and feel pretty stupid. But you’re still able
to back out without much damage done, beyond
some scratched paint and wounded pride.
The
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for this sort
of thing to work well, you typically need to give
trucks enough time to stop or turn around before
they get that far. But since the blocks in downtown Spokane are so close together, that creates
a dilemma for street engineers. They have two
choices:
1) Put the pole up the street from the bridge,
where trucks still have the option to turn down
other streets. “Now we have trucks that aren’t going that direction, and they can’t go underneath

In some cities, infrared sensors or radar detect
when trucks are too high to pass under a bridge,
and then trigger electronic signs that signal drivers of tall trucks to either stop and turn around
or take a detour.
One clear downside is cost: A New York
study of bridge strikes by trucks identified that
a lot of places have found these sort of detection systems to be effective. But they come with
a hefty price tag, often $10,000 or higher per
location.
And that, ultimately, is the rub with any solution, Serbousek says.
“How much do they cost? Can we afford
something like that?” he says. “Is there money,
maybe grants, where we can get something like
that?”
In other words: How much taxpayer money
do you spend to try to save truck drivers who are
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Jacob Johns is an artist
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BY CARRIE SCOZZARO

J

acob Johns has lived multiple lives, many of them
wrung to the last drop of bitter and sweet, sometimes
in equal measure. As an artist, musician, DJ and
hairdresser, he’s also an activist, passionate about Native
American issues and environmental concerns.
“I don’t have to be confined to one thing,” says Johns,
who is of the Hopi and Akimel O’odham nations.
In addition to Sierra Club rallies and protests against
oil and coal train traffic, Johns has made several supply
runs to the Standing Rock Sioux camp since September,
where he joined Dakota Access Pipeline protesters and
was interviewed by Democracy Now’s Amy Goodman,
documenting his scuffle with guards who had unleashed
dogs on the protesters. Amidst that ugliness, Johns still
found beauty.
“Being in that area was such solidarity, such clarity.
Everyone was taking care of each other,” he says.
This 32-year-old father has learned to find purpose in
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“NATIVE PASSION,” CONTINUED...
chaos. Upon relocating to Spokane in 2010 from Arizona,
where he served a sentence for assault after a rough patch
following his brother’s suicide, Johns created Studio 111,
originally as a haircutting business.
The numbers 111, explains Johns, relate to a dream
he had during his time behind bars, and a subsequent
conversation with his mother. They discussed Johns’
vision of a little black book — the Bible — and the passage
of Isaiah 11:1, which states, “A shoot will come up from
the stump of Jesse; from his roots a Branch will bear
fruit.”
As he did for his haircutting clients — he views altering hair and the body as sacred acts — Johns recognized
he could transform himself, not in spite of his pain, but
through it. He wanted to help others fill the hole that
suicide and other trauma causes, says Johns, because
otherwise “people will fill it with drugs and alcohol or
some other addiction.”
Fully enmeshed in the regional Native American
cultural landscape, Johns advocates healing by reconnecting with traditional tribal culture, and is particularly
interested in inspiring youth through written and oral
language and art.
Using spray paint, pencil, marker, acrylic and other
two-dimensional media, Johns creates works that often
combine facial portraits and sacred geometry with
gestural expressions of color and graffiti-like stylings. He
often donates his time, work or both, such as designing
the logo for the recent One Heart Native Arts and Film
Festival and participating in auctions benefiting such
organizations as Spokane’s American Indian Community
Center.

Johns in front of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe building in North Dakota with a letter from the
tribe asking the Spokane City Council to pass a resolution against the DAPL. JEFF FERGUSON PHOTO
In addition to hairdressing and art, music is part of
Johns’ path. He created a CD of original Hopi music,
Unity Consciousness, with songs like “Spirit Calling” and
“Morning,” and frequently brings his drum to events,
including a recent Spokane gathering in support of the

Dakota Access Pipeline protesters.
Sometimes Johns combines art and music, like for
his live painting at the inaugural “We Are Still Here”
exhibition last year at Hatch: Creative Business Incubator
in Spokane Valley. He says he may do a similar perfor-

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NATIVE
AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH
Efforts to recognize the contributions of American Indians and Native
Alaskans date back 100 years among individual states, government entities,
Native Americans, even the Boy Scouts. Assorted presidential proclamations
and Congressional resolutions have set aside as little as a day and as much
as a month to recognize native culture, until 1990, when former President
George H.W. Bush designated November as Native American Indian Heritage
Month.
 In Idaho, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, Human Rights Education Institute
and Salvation Army Kroc Center will present nine events at various locations
from Nov. 2-19, ranging from a demonstration on tribal canoes to a reading of
James Welch’s Fools Crow to a discussion of the economic impact of Idaho’s
five tribes. kroccda.org/native.html
 In Spokane, the second annual art exhibition, “We Are Still Here,”
opens Saturday, Nov. 12, from 5-9 pm at Hatch: Creative Business Incubator.
Food and live entertainment will be included on Saturday, Nov. 19, from 5-10
pm. facebook.com/hatchgalleryspokane
 “For Our Roots and Our Seeds” is an all-ages open-mic and music
benefit for the Standing Rock community, Saturday, Nov. 5, from 7-9 pm at
Saranac Community Building. community-building.org.

mance painting at this year’s exhibition, which he’s coordinating
with Spokane tribal member Jeff Ferguson.
“It feeds a part of my soul,” says Johns.
So does activism, says Johns, who remembers the 1992 standoffs with federal authorities raiding Arizona casinos over video
gaming machines. Johns serves on the United Native Americans
of Spokane Public Development Authority and works with the
Alliance for Gun Responsibility, which is backing Initiative 1491
in this election cycle.
“I have my hands in a lot of stuff,” he says. n

Cooper Kupp (below) caught two touchdowns, including a 69-yarder, to help Eastern beat Montana for the third time in his career.

Clash of
the Rivals
EWU rode its winning streak
right over Montana in Cheney
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very other year, Roos Field on the
campus of Eastern Washington
University is flooded with a sea of
maroon-clad fans who’ve made the trip over
from Missoula in the hopes that their beloved
Griz will escape with a win over the Eagles.
Saturday was no exception, with Montana
fans snatching up a fair share of hard-to-get
tickets — only to see their squad once again
dominated by All-America receiver Cooper
Kupp for the third time in four seasons.
Having already caught a 69-yard pass for
a touchdown in the first quarter, Kupp took
a lateral pass from quarterback Gage Gubrud
and tossed it 54 yards downfield back to
Gubrud to set up a score, putting the Eagles
up 14-7 and shifting the game’s momentum.
The Eagles would not give up the lead for
the rest of the game, with EWU’s defense
stepping up in the second half to seal the 3516 win, their sixth in a row, good for 7-1 on
the season and 5-0 in Big Sky play.
The Eagles now head to No. 14 Cal Poly
in San Luis Obispo, California, on Saturday
for a 6:05 pm kickoff.
— MIKE BOOKEY

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CULTURE | FOOTBALL

Quite a Run
On the ropes back in September, the Cougs are
riding their longest winning streak since 2003
BY KELSEY JONES

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he same team that began the season on
a two-game losing streak is now the No.
25 team in the country and has not lost a
conference game.
With the offense firing on all cylinders at just
the right moments and the emergence of a much
more potent defense and running game, the
Washington State Cougars have risen from the
ashes of the arrests, suspensions and lackluster
play that marked the season’s first weeks. The
six-game winning streak WSU is riding is its
longest since 2003.
Redshirt junior quarterback Luke Falk is at
the helm of the recent success. Saturday night’s
fourth-quarter comeback at Oregon State was
the sixth fourth-quarter victory he’s guided in
his career, and his especially focused energy, no
matter the score or time left on the clock, earned
him the nickname “Cool Hand Luke.”
“It’s important. That’s a part of the job
description for a quarterback, to be able to lead
10 other guys,” says wide receiver Gabe Marks,
a redshirt senior. “He knows when to bring
everybody to attention, I guess, calm everybody
down.”
Falk threw for five touchdowns against the
Beavers, bringing his career total to 75 touchdown passes, placing him third in WSU history.
He’s completed 72.6 percent of his passes, and in
the moments when the Cougars need it the most,
Falk and his trusted receiving core of Marks and
senior River Cracraft breathe life into the team.
During the game against the Beavers, when
the Cougars started out in a hole almost as large
as the one they appeared to be in at the beginning of the season, Falk connected with Marks
on a seemingly impossible attempt to close the
gap. Marks came down with the ball
despite four defenders around
him and ended up back in the
end zone on the next drive,
hauling in the pass that would
give WSU its first lead
of the game in the
third quarter.

Jamal Morrow and the running
game have given WSU’s
offense an extra option.
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The potency of Falk, Marks and Cracraft,
especially in tight situations, is the mark of a
scrappy team that continues to find new ways of
both getting behind and coming from behind.
Marks and Cracraft have combined for 1,078
receiving yards, and Marks has hauled in nine
touchdown passes.
In addition to head coach Mike Leach’s
traditional Air Raid offense, the emergence and
evolution of a strong run game has been aided
by the offensive line’s play. Redshirt junior running back Jamal Morrow and redshirt freshman
running back James Williams have each scored
four touchdowns and redshirt junior running
back Gerard Wicks has racked up eight.
The running back trio is averaging 122.8
yards per game. They have combined for more
than 100 yards rushing in four games thus far
this season.
“For us to finally talk about, hey, we had a
bad running game, it’s a tribute to Coach [Jim]
Mastro and the job he’s done with it since he got
here, and it’s a tribute to the three other running
backs,” Morrow says.
Rumors of a stop in Pullman by ESPN’s College GameDay, the continuation of an undefeated
Pac-12 record and a classic, tear-your-heart-out,
come-from-behind win sweetened the Cougars’
Halloween weekend. Next, WSU hosts Arizona for the annual Dad’s Weekend game. The
Cougars are favored to win by 16 points, and
Arizona’s offensive struggles may prove difficult
for the Wildcats to overcome.
Arizona is the only Pac-12 team yet to score
100 points in conference play and had just five
pass completions against Stanford. By comparison, WSU beat then-No. 15 Stanford 42-16 last
month in Palo Alto.
Arizona’s struggling offense will come up
against a Cougar defense that has improved this
season, despite losing two players to suspension.
The WSU defense gave up 496 and 299 passing yards, respectively, in September losses
to Eastern Washington and Boise State, but
the unit has since intercepted five passes
and recovered seven fumbles. As against
the Beavers last Saturday, the defense has
come up with key stops when necessary.
They forced three consecutive three-andouts at the beginning of the second half,
allowing the offense to catch up.
“It’s like [Jamal] Morrow said, it’s
like putting your foot on their throat. We
emphasize that on the sidelines a lot, playing
the full 60 minutes,” says junior defensive back
Robert Taylor. 
Washington State vs. Arizona • Sat, Nov. 5, at
1 pm • Martin Stadium, Pullman • Sold Out •
Televised on Pac-12 Networks; radio broadcast on KXLY 920 AM

Kelly Johnson’s show “About the Moms” focuses on refugees in Spokane who happen to be single mothers.

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f the hundreds of refugees who resettle
in Spokane each year, many arrive to this
foreign culture as single moms with one
or multiple children in tow. Through a project
titled “About the Moms,” local photographer Kelly
Johnson set out to celebrate and connect the
community with these refugee mothers, sharing
their triumphs and trials while adapting to life in
the U.S. Johnson’s powerful series of photographs
depict these resilient mothers and their children
doing everyday things that were often impossible
before they found safety here; grocery shopping,
preparing a nutritious meal for the family, and
going to work. Thanks to a successful crowdfunding campaign, Johnson is displaying “About the
Moms” this Friday, from 5-11 pm, at the Bartlett.
— CHEY SCOTT

TWITTER Elections are boom season for Twitter parody accounts,
and few are more
necessary than ELI
KIRBY (@TheLearningKirb), an account
that mocks the dataassisted bloviations of
wonky nerd-pundits
like Nate Silver and
Ezra Klein. “My Uber driver has zero familiarity with
The Niomachean Ethics and is voting Trump. This
is the problem,” one tweet reads, while another
highlights the strengths of his unique polling
model: “The latest, massively unstable UltraNow
Fast-Twitch calculations show Clinton as a 123%
favorite to win.”

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TV SHOW In the past few years, TV’s weirdest
tendency has been
to turn everything
into a cop show. The
movie Limitless, about
a drug that makes
Bradley Cooper brilliant? Turned into a cop show. Grimm’s Fairy Tales?
Turned into a cop show. But maybe the strangest
is iZOMBIE, a comic book-inspired show from the
creator of Veronica Mars. A coroner-turned-zombie
eats brains, which give her flashes of the memories
of the murdered brains she’s consumed. The premise is loony, but the poppy banter and an additional
twist — the zombie also adopts the quirks, tics
and personality of the victims whose brains she’s
snacked on — gives the show the power to pull it
off. The second season is now on Netflix.

COMPUTER GAME Don’t Starve gave us a Tim
Burton-esque pin on survival
games, with your tiny little
cartoon avatar scurrying
about trying to chop enough
wood, pick enough berries and murder enough
rabbits to make it through
another deadly night. DON’T
STARVE: SHIPWRECKED,
an expansion to the original game, gives the whole
thing an appropriate castaway feel, complete with
sailing ships, palm trees and active volcanoes. Once
again, it’s the little touches that make the game so
compelling amid moments of aggravation. Chop down
a coconut tree, and on occasion a coconut will fall from
the branches, smacking you on the head and injuring
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ain, rain, go away. Come
back in the spring, please.
This is the toughest part
of the ski season — the waiting (and
wading through water) game. There’s
a direct correlation between a low
snow line and a high stoke level. Skiers
and boarders are all closely watching weather apps and monitoring
the temperature on a regular basis,
observing it fluctuate between the
rain and snow, all while thinking, “If it
was only 10 degrees colder.”
Here at Snowlander world headquarters, we’re eagerly getting ready
for what has become the premier
Winter Party in the Inland Northwest,
featuring the Snowlander Expo and
PowderKeg Brewfest. This year, we’ve
got a lot in store for event-goers,
including the return of our popular

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seminars on varied subjects that will
get you ready and keep you going
during the upcoming season. We’ve
added live music in the afternoon and
evening on Friday and Saturday. And
of course, all of your favorite regional
resorts will be on hand with information on visiting their mountains, so
pick your up passes and spread the
stoke on the upcoming season. (Flip
over this pullout guide for all the
details on Winter Party.)
By the next issue of Snowlander,
we’ll be skiing. Opening Days will
have come and gone, and hopefully,
we’ll be enjoying some of those epic
December days that we’ve grown so
used to in our region.
Do your snow dance, burn old
skis, pray for snow... and we’ll see you
for first chair on Opening Day.
— JEN FORSYTH
Snowlander editor
jen@snowlander.com

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Anthony Lakes

North Powder, Oregon •
anthonylakes.com
900 vertical feet • 21 runs
Located in a town called North
Powder, this northeastern Oregon
resort is a true hidden gem and lives
up to the town’s name. The 1,100acre ski area boasts an average of

Chewelah, Wash. • ski49n.com
1,850 vertical feet • 82 runs
49 Degrees North, one of Washington state’s largest ski areas, has a
lot to be excited about coming into
this season, with the transformation
of the Sunrise Basin in full swing.
Always regarded as one of the
Northwest’s favorite family-friendly
resorts, terrain challenges and
excitement are waiting for the entire
family, with groomers, glades, two
base areas, the lively Boomtown Bar
and two peaks that tower over 2,325
skiable acres.

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300 inches of light, dry powder with
three chairlifts. After a day on the
slopes, make sure to warm up by the
fireplace overlooking the slopes with
huge panoramic views.

Apex Mountain Resort

Penticton, B.C. • apexresort.com
2,000 vertical feet • 73 runs
The terrain at Apex Mountain Resort,
located outside of Penticton, can
only be described as awesome, with
smooth cruisers and steep chutes
covering 1,112 acres. An average
winter temperature of 23 degrees
Fahrenheit and annual snowfall of
20 feet results in true champagne
powder. The village is intimate and
cozy but well-equipped, with five
restaurants and multiple lodging
options to fit most needs.

Sky is just that. In fact, it’s the
biggest ski resort in North America,
with 5,800 skiable acres over four
connected mountains. On sunny
days, enjoy long laps with dramatic
Lone Peak views from most places
on the mountain. There’s plenty to
like about Big Sky, between its 23
chairlifts, 11 surface lifts and several
terrain parks. There are multiple
lodging, dining and retail options in
the village, with numerous eateries
on the mountain.

Big White Ski Resort

Kelowna, B.C. • bigwhite.com
2,550 vertical feet • 118 runs
Big White is the perfect big adventure for the entire family, with more
than 2,765 acres of skiable terrain
to explore and a full assortment of
village amenities, including plenty of
activities for kids of all ages — from
snowmobiling and ice climbing to
horse-drawn sleigh rides and an array of dining and après-ski options.

In addition, the mountain boasts
the most night skiing in western
Canada.

Blacktail

Lakeside, Montana •
blacktailmountain.com
1,440 vertical feet • 24 runs
Nothing says family-friendly, affordable skiing like Blacktail, located
above the beautiful west shore of
Flathead Lake in a quaint northwestern Montana setting. Perched
above the town of Lakeside, skiers
and snowboarders will experience a
top-to-bottom run of varied terrain
before ever riding the chairlift at
this upside-down mountain, with
the base area village at the mountaintop. The village offers expansive
views of the lake below and Glacier
National Park in the distance.

Bridger Bowl

Bozeman, Montana •
bridgerbowl.com
2,700 vertical feet • 75 runs
Located near the mountain town
of Bozeman, Bridger Bowl is a mix
of big-mountain skiing and funky

college town ski hill. Bridger boasts
a friendly, local vibe with a hip
village area, where everyone seems
to know everyone. There are 2,000
acres to explore with a vertical drop
of 2,700 feet, 2,600 of which are
lift-served. Bring your backcountry
gear and explore the upper part
of the mountain with steeps and
glades that will get your heart rate
pumping.

Brundage
Mountain Resort

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McCall, Idaho • brundage.com
1,920 vertical feet • 46 runs
A mountain that boasts “The Best
Snow in Idaho” should be on any
skier’s or boarder’s bucket list.
Brundage Mountain is located only
8 miles from the charming lake
town of McCall in central Idaho.
There are 1,920 acres of skiable,
patrolled, in-bounds terrain, with an
additional 420 acres of lift-accessed
backcountry terrain, meaning no
patrol or control work is done.
For those looking to explore what
seems to be an infinite amount of
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Crystal Mountain near Mt. Rainer

Featuring the music of

CHOU WEN-CHUNG,
ZHOU TIAN,
CHEN YI, &
MOZART

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Chinese tasting
3-course menu by
Chef Jeremy Hansen
of Santé. Also featuring a
pre-concert performance by
The Spokane Chinese Dance Group,
a Chinese art exhibit, traditional
calligraphers and much more!

backcountry via guided snowcat tours,
there are 18,000 acres adjacent to the
resort for further adventure.

and in town.

Kicking Horse

Golden, B.C. •
kickinghorseresort.com
4,130 vertical feet • 128 runs
Kicking Horse not only boasts the
fourth highest vertical drop in North
America, it also has a huge number
of inbounds chutes — more than
85 — over the 2,500 acres of skiable
terrain. Its location in the northern
Canadian Rockies gives it that perfect
champagne powder to test those
legs on the steep and deep. Combine
the sheer vastness of the terrain and
the many non-skiing amenities, and
Kicking Horse quickly becomes the
perfect location for those seeking an
adventurous holiday.

Crystal Mountain

Crystal Mountain, Washington •
skicrystal.com
3,100 vertical feet • 57 runs
Located in the shadow of Mt. Rainier,
Crystal Mountain Resort feels a lot farther away from the hustle and bustle
of Seattle, less than two hours away.
The resort is the state’s largest, with
2,600 acres of skiable terrain, 2,300
of which are lift-served. The mountain
also operates the Mt. Rainier Gondola
for summer rides, for beautiful views
of iconic Mt. Rainier all year long.

Discovery

Anaconda, Montana •
skidiscovery.com
2,388 vertical feet • 67 runs
The mountain affectionately known
by locals and long-distance fans as
“Disco” is located off the beaten path
near the Montana towns of Anaconda,
Georgetown and Phillipsburg. There
are more than 2,200 acres of skiable
terrain, with a high summit elevation
of 8,158 feet and an average annual
snowfall of 215 inches in the form of
light, fluffy powder.

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Kicking Horse Mountain Resort

Fairmont

Fairmont, B.C. • fairmont.com
1,000 vertical feet • 13 runs
It’s like being on a hot-springs
vacation with a ski hill smack-dab in
the middle of it. Fairmont boasts a
world-class setting, with oversized hot
springs and a quaint ski hill so you can
earn that hot-springs soak. The resort

is located in southeastern British
Columbia, with options for a family
looking for an adventurous holiday.

most people dream about when
thinking of a mountain vacation. The
resort offers dramatic and picturesque
panoramic views, with world-class skiing across more than 2,500 acres, five
distinct alpine bowls and the coolest
little mountain town just below the
village. In addition, there are plenty of
non-skiing activities on the mountain

Lake Louise, Alberta • skilouise.com
3,250 vertical feet • 145 runs
Lake Louise is the Canadian Rockies’
biggest ski resort, boasting an incredible amount of varied terrain for all
ability levels over 4,200 skiable acres.
There are endless chutes, glades and
gullies and immaculate groomed runs
that go on for what seems like forever,
all in the heart of historic and beautiful
Banff National Park.

Lookout Pass Ski Area

Mount Bachelor

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Mullan, Idaho • skilookout.com
1,150 vertical feet • 34 runs
The only thing missing from Lookout
Pass is... nothing. The mountain,
located conveniently off of Interstate
90 on the Idaho/Montana border, is
a genuine, family-friendly resort with
world-class grooming and an average
of 400 inches of annual snowfall,
boasting the lightest and driest
powder in the region, with the terrain
being mostly north- and northeastfacing in the Bitterroot Range. The
snow remains pristine long after a
snowfall due to the lack of crowds
and the sheer amount that falls. In the

base area, you’ll find the secondoldest ski lodge in Idaho, which has
undergone modern updates to keep
you warm and cozy on all of those
snowy days.

located near Twisp off Highway 20,
has a lot to offer for both the beginning and advanced skier.

Mission Ridge

Sula, Montana • losttrail.com
1,800 vertical feet • 50 runs
A trip to Lost Trail Powder Mountain
will have you yearning for another
one — uncrowded slopes, challenging
terrain, beautiful cold-smoke powder
and the most quaint and quintessential Montana “Ma and Pop” ski area
of them all. Located at the junction of
scenic Highways 93 and 43 at the top
of the Continental Divide, the ski area
offers up 1,800 skiable acres over two
mountains.

Wenatchee, Washington •
missionridge.com
2,250 vertical feet • 36 runs
Mission Ridge is a hidden gem on the
eastern — and sunny — side of the
Cascades. It’s an unexpected surprise
in the hills above Wenatchee, with
dramatic rock features lining the
immaculate groomers, steep hidden
chutes and spectacular views of the
Cascades from the top of the chairlift.
Due to its location on the dry side
of the mountains, the ski area offers
plenty of light powder and tons of sun,
with a plethora of lodging and dining
options nearby.

Bend, Oregon • mtbachelor.com
3,365 vertical feet • 88 runs
Mount Bachelor, located above the
mountain town of Bend on the eastern
side of Oregon’s Central Cascades,
is known for its light, dry snow. The
mountain offers more than 4,300
acres of lift-accessible terrain and the
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AT THE LIBR ARY
Listen to local authors while enjoying
complimentary refreshments.
Learn about the Friends of the Spokane
County Library District, the programs we
support, and how to become a member.
This event is free and open to the public.

egon and Washington. Round out the
trip by toasting the day’s adventures
with one of the many outstanding
microbrews in downtown Bend for a
perfect Oregon ski adventure.

3-mile gondola to take you to the
mountain village and explore the
1,600 acres of glades and groomers
over two mountain peaks. To make the
most of your trip to Silver, plan to stay
at one of the Morning Star condos and
visit Silver Rapids Waterpark, Idaho’s
largest indoor waterpark, located in
the heart of Gondola Village.

Mount Baker

Glacier, Washington • mtbaker.us
1,500 vertical feet • 32 runs
Internationally recognized for the
huge amount of snow that falls annually, Mount Baker is humbled by its
surroundings, with dramatic inbounds
drops and steeps. The ski area sits in
the shadows of its namesake, with
exciting terrain scattered throughout
its 1,000 acres of skiable terrain.
The average annual snowfall is close
to 700 inches, making it one of the
most amazing ski areas in the Pacific
Northwest.

Mount Baldy

Oliver, B.C. • skibaldy.com
1,350 vertical feet • 22 runs
Mount Baldy overlooks the Okanagan
Valley in southern British Columbia,
a 45-minute drive from the town
of Oliver. The area offers plenty of
sunshine, tree skiing and powder, with
an average of 250 inches of snowfall
annually on more than 500 acres of
skiable terrain. The area is proud of
its wine industry, so make sure to
carve out some time off the mountain
to explore one of the region’s many
award-winning wineries.

Government Camp, Oregon •
skibowl.com
1,500 vertical feet • 65 runs
Mt. Hood Skibowl dates back to 1928,
making it one of the country’s oldest
ski resorts. The mountain offers options for the entire family: In addition
to skiing and snowboarding on the
960 acres, they offer the Winter
Adventure Park just for kids. While
their parents are away, kids can frolic
in the tubing area and playland. Enjoy
several dining and lodging options
nearby.

Mount Norquay

Banff, Alberta • banffnorquay.com
1,680 vertical feet • 60 runs

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Silver Star Mountain

The Silver Star Mountain village.
If a visit to Banff is on your list this
winter, take the time to visit Mount
Norquay, located above Banff National
Park, only 4 miles away. The ski area
offers a unique adventure, with 190
acres of terrain; 85 percent of the
acreage is open for snowmaking.
There’s daily bus service to and from
Banff, and the mountain’s not far from
Calgary, 75 miles away.

Mt. Spokane Ski &
Snowboard Park

Mead, Washington • mtspokane.com
2,000 vertical feet • 45 runs
The most convenient ski area to
downtown Spokane — only 28 miles
from downtown — Mt. Spokane Ski
& Snowboard Park has a lot to offer.
It’s located in the heart of Washington’s largest state park, with 1,425
acres of skiable terrain, including fast
groomers and thrilling glades, and
the largest amount of terrain for night
skiing — 16 runs — open four nights
per week for riding under the stars.
Get up there a little early and take in
the beautiful sunset, as it makes it way
into the western horizon.

4,020 vertical feet • 120 runs
Panorama Mountain boasts one of
the top 10 verticals in North America,
with a drop of 4,020 feet. The 2,847
patrolled acres of skiable terrain
ranges from wide-open groomers to steep and deep glades. The
family-friendly mountain also offers
plenty of non-skiing activities, from
snowmobiling and fat-tire biking to
glass bead making. Make time to relax
in the world-class hot pools back in
the village.

Phoenix

Grand Forks, B.C. • skiphoenix.com
800 vertical feet • 18 runs
A mountain typically visited by
local skiers from surrounding towns,
Phoenix Mountain is charming and far
enough off the beaten path to make
for an unlikely grand adventure. The
ski area offers beautiful views of the
southern Monashee Mountains and is
widely known by those in the know as
“The Best Little Mountain in B.C.”

Red Mountain

Kananaskis, Alberta • skinakiska.com
2,412 vertical feet • 79 runs
Home to the 1988 Winter Olympics
and the closest ski area to Calgary,
Nakiska offers 1,021 acres of immaculate, wide-open groomers and is
blanketed with man-made snow, with
the capacity to make the good stuff
on 75 percent of their terrain, enabling
them to typically open the slopes as
soon as early November. World-class
dining, accommodations and spas can
be found nearby in the Kananaskis
Village.

Rossland, B.C. • redresort.com
2,920 vertical feet • 110 runs
In a time of large, mega-resort mergers, Red Mountain is going in the other
direction, currently selling shares of
the mountain, with the result being a
community-owned entity. The future
ownership structure pairs well with
the vibe that’s existed for years —
Red is truly a great, unspoiled resort,
located just outside of Rossland. The
mountain boasts 4,200 acres of steep
and deep skiing, with recent terrain
expansions adding more intermediate
terrain. There are plenty of lodging
and dining options in the village and
nearby.

Panorama Mountain

Revelstoke Mountain

Nakiska

Panorama, B.C. • panoramaresort.com

Revelstoke, B.C. •

revelstokemountainresort.com
5,620 vertical feet • 69 runs
Revelstoke Mountain Resort is
located on Mt. Mackenzie in the Selkirk
Mountains of British Columbia, one of
the snowiest places in North America.
The resort offers the biggest vertical
drop on the continent at 5,620 feet,
with a massive 3,121 acres of skiable
terrain and four alpine bowls. There’s
a vast amount of gladed terrain, and
endless groomers — the longest being
9½ miles. It’s the only resort to offer
heli, cat and lift-assisted skiing from
the same base area; a true amenity for
groups with different skiing abilities
who want a common lodging area for
evening activities.

Schweitzer
Mountain Resort

Sandpoint, Idaho • schweitzer.com
2,400 vertical feet • 92 runs
Being able to take in the panoramic
views from the summit just became
that much more comfortable. This
season, Schweitzer finishes up
construction on their well-equipped
mountaintop lodge with dining and
drinking amenities and floor-to-ceiling
windows to admire the view while
warming up between runs next to the
fireplace. Then, head out to explore
the 2,900 acres of glades, groomers
and hidden stashes. Back down in the
village are multiple dining options to
please any palate, and lodging options
for any size group.

Silver Mountain

Kellogg, Idaho • silvermt.com
2,200 vertical feet • 73 runs
Silver Mountain Resort is all about
convenience. Located off of Interstate
90, the Gondola Village is well
equipped, with paved parking and
a coffee shop to grab your morning
cup of joe, before loading the scenic

Vernon, B.C. • skisilverstar.com
2,500 vertical feet • 132 runs
Silver Star, which dates back to
1958, has evolved into a world-class
winter holiday destination, with four
distinct mountain faces and all sorts
of progressive terrain for those just
learning over 3,282 skiable acres,
making this the third largest ski area
in British Columbia. The village area is
themed on a 1900s mining town and
is well equipped, with many food and
beverage outlets and lodging options
— some even being mid-mountain, offering a true ski in/ski out experience.

Sitzmark Ski Area

Havillah, Washington •
gositzmark.org
660 vertical feet • 10 runs
A charming ski area located 20 minutes from Tonasket, Sitzmark offers
dry powder snow, lots of sunshine,
great views, small lift lines and low
ticket prices, with 80 acres to explore.
Back in the village, the ski area offers
Wi-Fi and a friendly lodge.

Ski Bluewood

Dayton, Washington • bluewood.com
1,125 vertical feet • 24 runs
The statistics say that Bluewood is
small, but this southeastern Washington ski area is anything but. Located
in the Blue Mountain Range, rising out
of the high desert, Bluewood boasts
clear skies, cold temperatures, dry,
light powder, the second-highest base
area elevation, the most memorable
tree skiing offered in the region, 400
skiable acres and the reputation for
the best snow in the state.

Snoqualmie Pass

Snoqualmie Pass, Washington •
summitatsnoqualmie.com
2,280 vertical feet • 25 runs
The easiest resort to get to from the
Seattle area, Snoqualmie Pass has
four very different ski area options to
fit any style. The pass is located 54
miles east of Seattle off Interstate 90,
and the four areas total 1,981 acres of
skiable terrain. In addition to amazing
terrain parks at Summit Central, the
steeps of Alpental and extensive night
skiing at Summit West, the Pass also
offers Nordic skiing and snow tubing
adventures.
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Snowbowl Ski

Missoula, Montana •
montanasnowbowl.com
2,600 vertical feet • 42 runs
Snowbowl is located in the Lolo
National Forest, 12 miles above the
eclectic college town of Missoula.
The area offers an entertaining
mix of steep terrain, glades and
wide-open cruisers. In addition to
being known for having some of the
most challenging terrain around,
Snowbowl is also renowned for its
food and beverage offerings, with
a great base area atmosphere.
Stay slopeside at Gelandesprung, a
European-style lodge, or chose to
stay in Missoula, with a wide array
of lodging and dining options in the
earthy college town.

Stevens Pass

Skykomish, Washington •
stevenspass.com
1,800 vertical feet • 37 runs
Stevens Pass, conveniently located
off Highway 2, is a must for skiers
and boarders ready to bring their
game up a notch. There are 1,125
acres of skiable terrain, though
the way the mountain is laid out,
it feels much larger than that, with
dramatic steeps and chutes, glades
and groomers to get your heart
pounding. Stevens receives plenty of
snow, with an average of 460 inches,
and keeps a great base throughout
the season. Back in the village, there
are three lodges with eateries and
bars to suit many palates. Lodging is
available nearby in Leavenworth, a
cute Bavarian-themed town on the
eastern side of the Cascades.

yearning for more, and yearning for the fall line to stop when
your quads start burning halfway
down one of their famous long,
steep groomers. This mountain is
all about infrastructure, with more
snowmaking than you can imagine,
a top-notch grooming fleet and the
most extravagant amenities in the
West. The skiing consists of two very
distinct mountains, split by the town
of Ketchum. Baldy is meant for those
looking to ski hard, with long, trueto-fall-line runs and mountaintop
lodges fit for kings. Dollar Mountain
is geared for those who are still
learning, with terrain park features.

Sunshine Village

Banff, Alberta • skibanff.com
3,520 vertical feet • 115 runs
At Sunshine Village, located in the
heart of Banff National Park on the
Continental Divide, you can ski two
Canadian provinces — Alberta and
British Columbia — in one run. The
resort features 3,300 acres of skiable
terrain, an average annual snowfall
of 360 inches and the longest nonglacial season in Canada, from early
November through late May. Stay
nearby at Sunshine Mountain Lodge.

Tamarack

Tamarack, Idaho •
tamarackidaho.com
2,800 vertical feet • 42 runs
Tamarack Resort features a blend
of mountain, meadow and lakeside
amenities. With 1,000 acres of diverse, lift-accessible terrain ranging
from glades and steeps to cornices
and groomers, the mountain is eastfacing, offering minimum wind and
maximum snow retention. The resort
is located in the heart of Idaho’s
beautiful west-central mountains,
overlooking Lake Cascade. The

village offers multiple lodging and
dining options to make for a perfect
family adventure.

Timberline

Timberline Lodge, Oregon •
timberlinelodge.com
3,690 vertical feet • 41 runs
Timberline is the only ski area in
North America open all 12 months
of the year. The mountain is located
only 60 miles from Portland, near
the summit of iconic Mt. Hood,
Oregon’s highest mountain, with
historic Timberline Lodge serving
as its base area. The resort boasts a
vertical drop longer than any other
resort in the Pacific Northwest — at
least south of the Canadian border.

Turner Mountain

Libby, Montana • skiturner.com
2,110 vertical feet • 22 runs
Turner Mountain, outside the old
mining town of Libby, is all true fallline skiing from the moment you get
off the lift to the time you get to the
bottom. One chairlift funnels skiers
and boarders through a variety of
terrain back to the base area. They
rent out the mountain for private
functions, and lodging is available
nearby in Libby.

Whistler/Blackcomb

Whistler, B.C. •
whistlerblackcomb.com
5,280 vertical feet • 200 runs
Whistler/Blackcomb is the premier
destination for skiers and boarders
in the Northwest. Located two hours
north of Vancouver, the resort boasts
a vast 8,171 acres of skiable terrain,
with 16 alpine bowls, 200 marked
runs and three glaciers to explore.
In addition, there are an endless
number of dining options, with
myriad nightlife options and a full

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White Pass

Naches, Washington •
skiwhitepass.com
2,050 vertical feet • 45 runs
White Pass is the hidden gem of
Washington resorts. Located off
Highway 12, about an hour away
from Yakima, the mountain caters
to skiers and snowboarders of
all abilities with rolling, perfectly
pitched groomers and glades that
will keep your heart pumping.
You’ll find all of the amenities of
a larger resort, but with a great
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Whitefish
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Whitefish, Montana •
skiwhitefish.com
2,350 vertical feet • 105 runs
Beautiful views surround Whitefish Mountain Resort, with breathtaking Glacier National Park in
one direction and Whitefish Lake
and the town of Whitefish in
the other. The mountain boasts
3,000 skiable acres, with lots of
great glades and hidden stashes
to explore, as well as perfectly
groomed terrain for ripping some
corduroy. Back in the village area,
you’ll find a lively atmosphere.
Whitefish is a very user-friendly
vacation destination, with Amtrak
stopping right downtown, a free
bus system taking riders from
downtown to the mountain and
back. It offers numerous options
when it comes to lodging, dining
and après-ski.

Nelson, B.C. • skiwhitewater.com
2,050 vertical feet • 81 runs
Big snowfall — an average of 40
feet a year — challenging terrain
accessible from the chairlift, with
easy access to epic backcountry terrain for those properly equipped with the gear and
knowledge, a gourmet cafeteria
with unique offerings and a cool,
eclectic mountain town not too
far in the distance? You must be
at Whitewater Ski Resort, outside
of the lively town of Nelson. The
mountain offers 1,184 skiable
acres in one of the coolest settings imaginable. Lodging is available nearby in town, about 20
minutes away, and daily shuttles
are available from town. n

Outdoor Emergency Basics
A session with REI staff experts
offering tips on how to make sure
you’re prepared for an unexpected
emergency when out exploring the
wilderness. Sessions offered on Nov.
1 and Dec. 8, at 6 pm. Free; register
to save a spot. REI Spokane. 1125 N.
Monroe. (328-9900)

Boomer Fridays Kickoff
Starting this week, all visitors age 40
or older can come out and enjoy time
on the slopes with $30 lift ticket specials. Held every Friday (except Dec.
23 and 30) throughout the season,
starting on Nov. 25. Lookout Pass, I-90
Exit 0 at Mullan, Idaho. skilookout.com

Bonfire & Hot Chocolate
Close out a day on the slopes with
some warmth on the inside and
outside, sipping hot chocolate by the
fire outside the skating rink in Happy
Valley. Wednesdays, Nov. 30-April 12,
from 5-6:15 pm. Big White Ski Resort,
5315 Big White Rd., Kelowna, B.C.
bigwhite.com

Snowshoeing Basics for Women
Experienced REI staff share the
basics of this popular winter activity,
including appropriate gear selection
and where to go locally to get started
in this special session geared toward
women. Nov. 17, at 6 pm. Free; register
to save spot. REI Spokane. 1125 N.
Monroe. (328-9900)
Banff Film Festival
The annual winter film festival kicks
off in Banff, Alberta, at the beginning
of November; the year’s featured
mountain films then tour the U.S. and
the world. Spokane screenings are
Nov. 18-19, at 7 pm, and Nov. 20, at
6 pm. $20/screening; $54/three-day
pass. Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W.
Sprague. Bingcrosbytheater.com
Tri-Cities Gear Swap
Snow sport lovers in southeastern
Washington can get ready for the season at this annual outdoor gear and
clothing sale. Nov. 18-20; Fri from 5-9
pm, Sat from 9 am-5 pm, Sun from 11
am-3 pm. Free admission. Holiday Inn
at TRAC, 4525 Convention Pl., Pasco,
Wash. facebook.com/tricitiesskiswap
(509-522-1443)
Snow Dance 2016
The 18th annual black-tie affair
benefits the 49 Degrees North Winter
Sports Foundation and the FortyNine Alpine Ski Team (FAST), with
live music by the Rhythm Dawgs and
dancing. Ages 21+. Nov. 19, at 6:30

Find Your Park: Mt. Spokane
Nordic Ski Area
REI staff share their stories and
experiences at one of the best spots
for winter recreation in the Inland
Northwest. Dec. 1, at 6 pm. Free;
register to save a spot. REI Spokane.
1125 N. Monroe. (328-9900)
WSU University
Recreation Gear Swap
The 42nd annual gear swap hosts
vendors of new and used gear from
across the Northwest. Dec. 2 from 6-9
pm and Dec. 3, from 9 am-noon. $3
Friday admission; $1 on Saturday (kids
12 and under free). WSU Hollingbery
Fieldhouse, Pullman, Wash. skiswap.
wsu.edu (509-335-7856)
Ski & Snowboard Instructor Clinic
Lookout Pass hosts its annual preseason professional clinic for aspiring
ski instructors. Dec. 3-4. Lookout Pass,
I-90 Exit 0 at Mullan, Idaho. skilookout.com (208-744-1301)
Schweitzer Community Day
A special fundraising event offering
$10 lift tickets to the community with
proceeds supporting the efforts of two
local organizations, Community Cancer Services and the Bonner Partners
in Care Clinic. Dec. 9, lifts open from
9 am-3:30 pm. Schweitzer Mountain
Resort, 10000 Schweitzer Mountain
Rd., Sandpoint. schweitzer.com (208263-9555)
Map & Compass Navigation Basics
Learn how to use a map and compass
to find your way, along with how to
read a topographic map and how
to use these tools in tandem. Dec.
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WADDELL’S BREWING COMPANY

SPOKANE, WA

Lost Woods Ale

ABV: 8%
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This serves as our malty beast. We use healthy amounts
of 80L and 120L Crystal Malts with a slight amount of
roasted barley. Our winter ale has a nice brown foamy
head with Scottish, biscuit, bready flavors and aromas.
The hoppiness is forward while the malt gives it a nice
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SpoLite- A Really Lite Craft Beer ABV: 4% IBU: 13

There is nothing ordinary and basic about this Lager. Like
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ABV: 6.3
IBU:
This American Porter is a full bodied brew that won’t
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complex backbone of chocolate, coffee, and malt
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Boulder Garden Brown Ale

ABV: 6.1%
IBU: 20
Boulder Garden provides a pleasant blend of caramel and
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PERRY STREET BREWING

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SPOKANE, WA

Midnight Marmot Imperial Stout ABV: 9%

IBU:
Lots of coco and sweet caramel. Roasted and toasted
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quality. Dark fruity cherry character adds subtle depth.
Bitterness is lends to some balance. Very malt forward.

ABV: 5%
IBU: 10
With the unmistakable and strong aroma of huckleberries,
the taste of this not-sweet berry matches perfectly with
crispness of the beer. Using very mild hops, this beer really
stands out as an original.

ABV: 8.5%
IBU: 98
A very simple, clean body. Made with Cascade, CTZ, and
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Semi-dry

ABV: 6.5%
Our flagship cider is made with the perfect blend of Washington apples and just a touch of sugar. The white wine
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Red Cider

ABV: 7.5%
This stunning cider is a rare treat! We have been fortunate
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Uncrushable Apricot

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PETALUMA, CA

IPA

KETTLE FALLS, WA

ABV: 6.2
IBU: 51.5
A well-rounded, highly drinkable IPA. A bit of Caramel
Malt barley provides the richness that mellows out the
twang of the hops.

ABV: 8.8%
IBU: 51
An ultra-mega-mondo red ale first made for our
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ONE TREE HARD CIDER

POST FALLS BREWING COMPANY

SPOKANE, WA

Lemon Basil

ABV: 6.5%
This cider is the perfect complement to some summer fun.
Real lemon and fresh basil make this a sassy bouquet of
awesome to enjoy year- round.

Big Jilm Imperial Porter

IBU:

POST FALLS, ID

ABV:
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Stoney MacGuyver IPA

ABV: 7.5%
IBU: 85
Hoppy? Absolutely. A well-balanced India Pale Ale with a
strong alpha punch in the front and lasting resinous finish.
The over-the-top complex and pungent aroma is the result
of copious amounts of Citra and Mosaic hops.

Tipsy Elf

ABV: 6.9%
Our newest employee, Buddy the Elf, got a little tipsy
and spilled some cranberry cider into a vat of caramel
cinnamon... Lucky for him, it was delicious so we decided
to share it with all of you. For a limited time only.

ABV: 84%
IBU:
Perfect for the season, this winter beer hits first with a
malty backbone of spice and chocolate. Hop additions
of Simcoe, Centennial, and Mosaic give High Camp a
distinctive pine and grapefruit character.

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7.3

ABV: 7.2%
IBU: 56
Each year we carefully select the best hops and malts to
brew this special beer. This year’s Wassail is brewed with a
range of caramel and dark chocolate malts giving it a deep
mahogany color and a full malty body.

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GRAND TETON BREWING CO.

VICTOR, ID

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NO-LI BREWHOUSE

ABV: 6%
IBU: 60
Bitch Creek perfectly balances big malt sweetness and
robust hop flavor for a full bodied, satisfying mahogany
ale. Like the stream for which it is named, our Bitch Creek
ESB is full of character... not for the timid.

ABV: 6.5%
IBU: 22
Delicate dark chocolate with a whisper of coconut.You
know you want it, go ahead and indulge. You can finally
have German Chocolate Cake and drink it too. There’s
no need to be nervous, it’s just wickedly deep and full of
flavor.

IBC Pale Ale

ABV: 5
IBU: 38
Brewed with a generous amount of Citra hops, this pale
ale packs a ton of citrusy hop flavor. It’s more subtle than
an IPA, so you can raise your stein and Prost your friends
with this balanced, refreshing, and hoppy ale.

ABV: 6.9%
Cinnamon, clove and cardamom inspire thoughts of
mulled apple cider while ginger provides a touch of crisp
freshness. The finish is dry and clean with subtle notes of
vanilla lingering like the warmth from an autumn sun.

North Idaho Wild Cherry

ABV: 6.9%
Deep in color, rich in flavor; this hard cider displays how
satisfying a cherry can be less the pit! A subtle fruity
sweetness is balanced with a tart and refreshing finish.

ABV: 6.5%
IBU: 68
Annual favorite Wreck the Halls Hoppy Holiday Ale
is a sublime hybrid of an American-style IPA and a
winter warmer. The result is a bold brew that celebrates
the holidays with an intriguing blend of Centennial and
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Every tasting package
comes with different
tokens

Choose your own adventure:
Sample tokens get you a
taste; pints let your enjoy
more of your favorite brew.

In addition to pint or sample
tokens, you’ll get a token to use
on the PK Prize Wheel, and
a Golden Token that you can
use to cast your vote for your
favorite brewery or cidery.

LIVE MUSIC on the POWDERKEG STAGE

Can you imagine a movie without a soundtrack? It would be so… blah. The same can be said for an
event without live music. Firmly in the anti-blah camp, the Inlander is pleased to bring live music to this
year’s Winter Party. Six different singers and bands will be taking to the stage, sharing their unique
sounds and styles, providing the Winter Party with a fabulous soundtrack.

FRIDAY, NOV. 11

CARLI OSIKA [ 4 to 5 pm ] Learning to play the guitar in the third grade provided this North
Idaho native and pop-country artist with both an early start and deeply anchored roots in the music industry. Live performances were part of her routine while she was still in high school, as was writing music.
PowderKeg’s Prize Wheel is not just
any prize wheel – it’s actually pretty
good stuff and if you hit the right pie
wedge – there’s some really good stuff.

NATE GREENBURG [ 5:30 to 6:30 pm ] Strumming and plucking his guitar with confidence
while singing, this self-described “original folk, rock, blues, singer-songwriter with a mix of jazz and old
covers” hits all the right notes. He says his musical style is influenced by “absolutely everything,” and the
results are well worth the listen.

Get a spin on the prize wheel with
every purchase of a PowderKeg
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CRUXIE [ 7 to 9 pm ] “We start slow and smooth and end sweaty and grateful,” Cruxie write about
themselves, before describing their genre as “chump change.” If that leaves you just as confused about
their style as when you first read their name, you’re not alone. If you walk away from their performance
liking their music, you won’t be alone either. This band has been a fan favorite over the years at Zola.

Cast your

The brewery or cidery that receives
vote for
the most golden tokens will win the
your favorite.
coveted “Best of PowderKeg Award.”
Also we keep track of how many pint
and sample tokens are used for the
“People’s Choice Awards”. This is an Festival winners will
election you’ll want to vote in!
be announced in the
Last year’s overall winners included
Icicle Brewing, D’s Wicked Cider,
Elysian and One Tree Hard Cider.
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SATURDAY, NOV. 12

RON GREENE [ 3 to 4 pm ] It was in a church where Coeur d’Alene-based Ron Greene first
learned to play guitar, but his music couldn’t be contained within those walls. He went on to perform
across the country, in New York and throughout the Pacific Northwest. Described as encompassing “radioready pop-rock hooks, elements of warmly intimate folk, smoldering funk grooves, and emotive and
soulful vocals,” his voice pleases in his latest album, In Honor of a Critic.

Nov. 17 Inlander.

HALEY YOUNG [ 4:30 to 5:30 pm ] Haley Young is quickly becoming a local household
name. She’s already written songs for television and signed with a music library company in Los Angeles,
but this Spokane-based artist is right at home in the Pacific Northwest, belting out tunes and wowing crowds.

And of course, don’t forget to partner
with a designated driver, or make
plans for a safe ride home.

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a hoppy beer like an IPA will have a very high IBU rating, like a 75, while a malty
beer like a stout will usually (but not always) have a low IBU rating at around a 30.

ABV Alcohol By Volume

2016 PowderKeg Participants

It’s is a standard measure of how much alcohol (ethanol) is contained in a given
volume. A beer or cider with 5% ABV would be 10 proof.

the lodge afterward, for a refreshing,
ice-cold beer. At PowderKeg you can get
that same feeling, although at PowderKeg
you can bring your beverage with you
throughout all of the Snowlander Expo...
think shop and sip.
This year’s PowderKeg is shaping up
to be one of the best ever, with an
outstanding line-up of local and regional
breweries and cideries in attendance.
There will be dozens of varieties of the
finest beers in the Pacific Northwest,
along with ten different, delicious ciders
to choose from.

package features
a double-wall
stainless steel cup.
It comes in black
or silver, and
optional lids
are available.

There are three tasting
packages available at PowderKeg.
• THE POLAR SAMPLER
provides a small sample-sized
glass, and comes with four sample
tokens, and sampling is what
PowderKeg is all about.
• THE FROST BITE is a customdesigned 16-ounce pint glass.
The Frost Bite comes with six sample
tokens, or two pint tokens.
• THE YETI is for those who
aren’t messing around! This stainless
steel beauty holds nineteen ounces
and, like the Frost Bite, comes with
either six sample tokens or two pints.

BEER KYRS GOOD BREWS • Saturday @ noon
SEMINAR

Adam, from KYRS’ Home Brews program, will be on hand to discuss the process
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Whether you want to look just right up on the hill, or you’re out to
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you can shop at the event, taking your new treasures with you. With an emphasis on
downhill skiing and snowboarding, Sports Outlet has everything you’ll need, from
gloves and mitts, to helmets and bags for your gear and
more. The Ski Shack will bring a machine and experts
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Musical Tapestry

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical celebrates the career of one of pop music’s most legendary songwriters.

A new Broadway musical about Carole King’s rise to
stardom and her music’s lasting impact heads to Spokane
BY CHEY SCOTT

W

e’re all familiar with Carole King’s music,
whether we realize it or not.
We recognize her earthy songs on the
local oldies station; like “It’s Too Late” and “I Feel the
Earth Move,” both tracks from King’s most beloved
record, 1971’s Tapestry. We also recognize dozens of other
chart-toppers by the gifted composer and lyricist, perhaps
without the realization that King wrote them — for some
of most popular American music acts of the 1960s.
Even before King made a name for herself with her
four-time Grammy-winning Tapestry, she was churning
out hit after hit. The Chiffons’ peppy “One Fine Day”
was hers, written with songwriting partner and first husband Gerry Goffin. Together, they also penned the Drifters’ 1962 hit “Up on the Roof.” The Shirelles’ “Will You
Love Me Tomorrow” was theirs, too, notably becoming
the first song recorded by an all-woman group to reach
No. 1 in the U.S.
The popular new show Beautiful: The Carole King
Musical — playing concurrently on Broadway, London’s
West End and as a North American touring production
— shows us how King went from a brilliant 16-year-old

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songwriter to become one of the most iconic women in
music history.
The list of King’s contributions to recording history is
long. She’s been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of
Fame, and was the first woman to receive the Library of
Congress’ Gershwin Prize for Popular Song in 2013. We
know that King, now 74, is a legend, and Beautiful shows
us how she became one.
“It’s a very captivating story about this young woman
and the struggles she went through to get where she was
when Tapestry happened,” reflects principal cast member
Suzanne Grodner, who plays King’s mother, Genie Klein.
Beautiful portrays Klein as supportive but realistically
wary of her daughter’s aspirations.
“There really were no women writers, lyricists or
composers at that time. Genie was also a playwright,
and knew how difficult it was going to be for Carole
going into this male-dominated music world,” Grodner
explains. “Yet in the end, she was Carole’s biggest supporter.”
Grodner has been with Beautiful’s North American
tour — stopping in Spokane from Nov. 9-13 to kick off the

INB Performing Arts Center’s 2016-17 Best of Broadway
season — since it began in September 2015, and has seen
the story of King’s rise to stardom resonate with all ages.
“We have people coming to see the show in their 50s,
60s and 70s who grew up with Carole as the soundtrack
of their lives,” Grodner says on the phone from Seattle.
“We find that everywhere we go in the country, people
respond to this kind of music, and that a lot of people are
bringing their younger daughters and sons to the show.”
Opening on Broadway in January 2014, original
cast member Jessie Mueller notably took home a Tony
Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical for her
portrayal of King. Beautiful’s soundtrack also received the
2015 Grammy for Best Musical Theater Album. Even so,
critics have called the show a “formulaic bio-musical” that
tends to awkwardly bounce from song to song.
Criticism aside, Beautiful offers a lesser-known look
at King’s maturation from a faceless name in one of the
famed pop-song factories of the 1950s and ’60s (she got
her start at the 1650 Broadway music offices, near the
storied Brill Building) to one of most iconic singer-songwriters of all time.
“I think that the early songs that she wrote are really
going to surprise the audience who come to see it,” Grodner remarks. “Carole is an icon, and to tell her story to
audiences around the country is a real privilege.” n
cheys@inlander.com
Beautiful: The Carole King Musical • Wed, Nov. 9 to
Sun, Nov. 13: Wed-Sat at 7:30 pm; Thu, Sat at 2 pm;
Sun at 1 and 6:30 pm • $27.50-$77.50 • INB Performing Arts Center • 334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • wcebroadway.com • 279-7000

Small-Farm Hero
Joel Salatin arrives in Spokane with a plan for sustainable food
BY TARYN PHANEUF

D

warfed by mega-corporations and underappreciated by federal regulatory agencies, being a
farmer on a small plot of land can be a thankless
job. Joel Salatin believes that having the deck stacked
against them prevents many small farm owners from seeing the possibilities.
“Farmers feel like we’re victims because nobody
loves us,” he says with a laugh. “We little farmers get this

inferiority complex.”
He says “we,” but it’s hard to believe he wrestles
with self-doubt. Salatin, called the most famous farmer in
the world, has become known as not only a small-scale
farming guide, but also a brazen opponent of industrial
food production. He’s a self-proclaimed “lunatic farmer”
whose job, second to farming, seems to be ruffling
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Joel Salatin is a both a sustainable farmer and an
opponent of industrial farming. RACHEL SALATIN PHOTO

feathers. He’s convinced that small farms play a
critical role in feeding the world, despite a lack of
recognition.
Salatin will visit Spokane on Saturday as the
keynote speaker at the Spokane Conservation
District’s Food & Farm Expo. Part how-to, part
pep rally, he’ll spend the day teaching farmers
how they can turn their passion into a living.
“The main idea here is to empower folks to
do more,” Salatin says.
The all-day conference at Spokane Community College features courses on everything from
choosing animal breeds to brewing and distilling
local grains. A special track taught by Salatin is
full, but tickets are still available to hear his keynote lecture that evening at Gonzaga University.
In the 10 books he’s written since 1995,
Salatin indicts Americans’ fast-food culture and
explains his life and farming philosophies. His
family bought a tired piece of land in Virginia’s
Shenandoah Valley in 1961 and turned it into
a food-producing ecosystem that now includes
beef, pork, poultry and forestry products.
Without using chemicals, his Polyface Farm feeds
more than 6,000 families and supplies restaurants, retail outlets and a farmers market.
He became the poster boy for non-industrial
farming a decade ago when Michael Pollan, a
national food writer, included Salatin’s farm in
his book The Omnivore’s Dilemma, which traces
the origin of the American diet to Midwestern
corn fields. He was later included in Food, Inc., a
documentary that examines industrial farming’s
hold on the national food system.
Through speaking tours and on his own
farm, Salatin makes it a point to train other
farmers. In Spokane, he’ll bring practical tips,
including how to use natural resources to their
full potential and how to get your spouse on the
same page.
“You can’t Google experience,” he says.
“We’re big believers in experiential learning,
which means that as you’re learning, you’re experiencing what you’re learning, so it adds gravitas
to your learning.”
He encourages farmers to find creative ways
to overcome a marketplace that’s fitted to larger
operations. Collaborating with other farmers,
working with customers and taking advantage
of technology that has reimagined farm infrastructure are just a few ways of capitalizing on
efficiency without sacrificing sustainability.

ADDING
SOMETHING NEW
With a big name like Joel Salatin headlining this
year’s Food & Farm Expo, organizers knew they’d get
people through the door. The next question became
what to do with a larger audience.
“This is our most audacious seminar that we’ve
done,” says Heron Pond Farms owner Shannon
Meagher, who helped plan the Expo.
Beginning at 9 am at Spokane Community
College, participants have more than 90 classes to
choose from. Overall, organizers aimed for a day that
would appeal to just about anybody, with an underlying goal to talk about what works in this region.
In a couple of ways, they’re trying to grow support
around new ideas:
u Pat Munts, small acreage and small farms
coordinator at the Spokane Conservation District, will
introduce urban farming as a way to combat food
insecurity and improve the quality of life in Spokane
County. The urban farming ordinance is just a couple
of years old, and people are taking advantage in different ways. Munts wants to see the region tap into
urban agriculture’s full potential. “It’s ignored — it is
scattered, it is small scale,” she says. “In the long run,
I think it is an economic driver for the community.”
u Grains are prolific in the region, but the idea
of using them in craft brewing and distilling is still
very new, says Joel Williamson of LINC Foods. He
helped organize a set of courses geared toward
building the local “grainshed.” With the help of local
brewers, including Cameron Johnson of Young Buck
Brewing in Spokane, Williamson hopes to build
momentum around small-scale grain farming that
could bring local beer and spirits to a new level. “The
market has dictated to farmers what we want them
to grow,” he says. “Breaking away from that is risky.
You’re trying to make a new market.”
— TARYN PHANEUF
After a long career on the public stage, he
still sees “the big guys” getting bigger. But he also
sees the little guy pushing back.
“For every Walmart that opens up, there’s
two more farmers markets,” he says. “Culture
tends to balance out itself.” 
Farm & Food Expo • Sat, Nov. 5, beginning at
8 am • Spokane Community College • 1810 N.
Greene • Late registration at sccd.org/departments/small-acreage/farm-food-expo

tep inside the new Retro Donuts shop on
the Newport Highway, and your definition
of “retro” immediately is challenged.
For one, the space is overwhelmingly shiny
and new, and very bright thanks to the tall
windows, even on a cloudy day. It’s also pristine,
thanks to the fact the equipment is all new and
the shop just opened in mid-October. Then
there’s the music, personally curated by owner
Jon Fine; during my visit, I heard ’80s stalwarts
INXS and a-ha, and Fine says there’s some modern stuff like Tame Impala in the mix as well.
“We have no predetermined definition of
‘retro,’” Fine says, explaining that for some
customers, the retro might refer to the classic
Old-Fashioneds or cake donuts on the menu,
while for others it might be the font of the logo,
or the music they hear.
Fine’s music fandom reveals

The bacon maple and
bluberry donuts.

itself on the menu,
too, with sections of donuts labeled as “classics,”
“covers” or “New Wave.” On my visit, I mixed
up old-school and New Wave with a classic
cake donut covered in blueberry frosting ($1.75)
alongside a New Wave maple bar delivered
with a slice of peppered bacon on top ($2.55).
Both were delicious, and definitely a step up
from grocery store fare. Add a cup of the shop’s
three-bean Four Seasons coffee blend brewed
pour-over-style and made specifically for Retro

Donuts, and you have one sweet feast.
Elsewhere on the menu, you’ll find an array
of teas and juices as well as breakfast staples like
oatmeal, desserts like ice cream sandwiches made
out of donuts called Arctic Circles, and Gigis —
donut dough filled with egg, cheese, Canadian
bacon and white gravy, and available only on
weekends.
Fine came up with the idea for Retro Donuts
after years in marketing, and he hopes to expand
the Retro Donuts idea throughout the area. “I
know how to create markets, I guess,” Fine says,
“and be creative.”
That creativity came into play abruptly after
he was laid off from his job at the Spokane Club
in the spring. He decided quickly he wanted to
start his own business and started researching.
“I didn’t have a job, so I dedicated hundreds,
and now thousands, of hours researching, going
to the Westside, talking to experts.” He knew he
wanted to build a new brand from
scratch, not simply open a franchise
of an existing business, and he
managed to get the doors open
less than 100 days after getting
his Retro Donuts trademark
registered.
Judging by how busy
his first Retro Donuts
has been since opening
— selling 10,800 donuts
in the first nine days —
it’s clear the research is
paying off so far. And he has long-term plans
for more donut shops and perhaps some other
food joints under the “Retro” banner.
“It’s been amazing. We expected some interest. We’ve done some billboards, Facebooked
like crazy,” Fine says.
“I had never made a donut in my life. I know
how to make donuts now.” n
Retro Donuts • 10925 N. Newport Hwy., Suite
1 • Open Tue-Sat, 6 am-3 pm; Sun, 7 am-1 pm
• Facebook: Retro Donuts • 315-9502

Doctor Strange features a whole lot of CGI but lacks in story
BY MARYANN JOHANSON

“F

orget everything you think you know,” Chiwetel
Ejiofor intones here, in that amazing voice that
commands you heed him.
Alas, his planet-protecting wizard, Mordo, just wants
you to forget everything you know about superhero origin
stories so this one will (hopefully) feel fresh to you. Doctor
Strange certainly looks different from all the other Marvel
movies, which it exists alongside of, but even its differences
are familiar. Worse, the film is busily jam-packed with CGI
stuff at the expense of all else: there’s a yawning emptiness where the emotional core should be. All that’s left are
the mechanics of getting a man from mere-mortal-hood
to demigod-in-a-cape-hood, which are no longer terribly
surprising.
Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a New
York neurosurgeon — Cumberbatch’s American accent is
distractingly terrible — and the usual clichéd combination
of brilliant, arrogant and single-minded, which makes him
very bad at coping when a terrible car accident leaves him
with such severe nerve damage in his hands that he can no
longer perform surgery.
His search for a cure leads him, improbably, to Kathmandu, Nepal, and a sort of spiritual martial-arts retreat
called Kamar-Taj. Here, sorcerers the Ancient One (Tilda
Swinton) and Mordo, her lieutenant, will teach Stephen all
about using magic, though everyone — including Stephen
— almost instantly seems to forget that this was supposed to
be about Stephen fixing his damaged hands.

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onscreen simply stand around marveling at how neat-o
Stephen is just hungry for the knowledge, which is
everything looks.
cool; a smart guy like him would be intrigued, even if he
The Marvel movies have been so very good at creatcan’t quite believe in the magic at first. But it’s a much
ing deeply personal transformative journeys for their
bigger problem if we cannot believe in the personal transformation Stephen supposedly goes through to wield the
heroes while telling stories that have real-world relevance.
magic. He readily accepts that, just as it took him years of
But Doctor Strange cannot come up with either: it’s not
study and practice to become a neurosurgeon, so shall it
about anything. It feels disconnected from any concerns
require years of study and practice to master magic. Yet it
we might recognize from our own reality, and it doesn’t
seems like only mere months later that he has somehow
seem all that interested in tracking what it would really
shed his arrogance and become a world-class sorcerer, and
mean for a man like Stephen to go through such a radical
there was no process to it: someone (lazy screenwriters?)
turnaround in his life. As a movie, it’s not enough of
just flipped a switch.
anything: it’s not scary enough; it’s not bonkers enough;
Now Stephen is a member of an organization that, the
it’s not funny enough (its few attempts at humor are tonAncient One explains, is kind of like a mystical Avengers:
ally jarring).
Doctor Strange is clearly itself tired of “the origin story,”
Iron Man and Co. protect Earth from physical threats, and
and has only been treading water to get to the point when
Kamar-Taj protects Earth from more arcane ones. KamarStephen can play the master sorcerer. There is real power
Taj is all about “mirror” dimensions and “dark” dimensions and the “infinite multiverse,” and all
in the finale, in which Stephen combines
their chases and battles ending up looking
the intellect he brings to Kamar-Taj with
DOCTOR STRANGE the magic it commands to create a unique
like Inception dreams in The Matrix, planes
Rated PG-13
folding up against one another in gravitysolution to a seemingly unsolvable probDirected by Scott Derrickson
lem. The movie sets up an exciting new
and logic-defying ways.
Starring Benedict Cumberbatch,
villain for Strange’s next outing, and the
That looks cool, but we’ve seen it before, and it ultimately doesn’t actually have Chiwetel Ejiofor, Tilda Swinton
only moment when the film truly comes
any real impact on how these people fight
roaring to life and engages its audience
one another. (The major bad guy here is a rogue member
is the sequence that brings Stephen onto the larger Marvel
of Kamar-Taj; he’s not much of a villain, despite the best
scene. We should have just skipped all this and jumped
efforts of Mads Mikkelsen.) Sometimes even the characters
right into the next story. n

FILM | SHORTS

Trolls

OPENING FILMS
DOCTOR STRANGE

Stephen Strange (Benedict Cumberbatch) is a New York neurosurgeon
who is in a terrible car accident that
leaves him with such severe nerve
damage in his hands that he can no
longer perform surgery. His search for
a cure leads him to Nepal and a sort
of spiritual martial-arts retreat called
Kamar-Taj. Here, sorcerers the Ancient
One (Tilda Swinton) and Mordo, her
lieutenant, teach Stephen all about using magic, which he employs to save
the world from bad guys. (SR) Rated
PG-13

HACKSAW RIDGE

Desmond Doss (Andrew Garfield) is an
earnest young man as America goes to
war in 1941. He’s determined to do his
duty in service to his country, but, as
a devout Seventh-day Adventist, he is
adamant in his refusal to take up arms
against another human being. So as
he leaves behind his fiancée, Dorothy
(Teresa Palmer), and parents (Hugo

Weaving and Rachel Griffiths) with
the intention of serving as a medic, he
believes he can serve by saving lives
rather than taking them — until he
reaches basic training, and faces a U.S.
Army that has no idea what to do with
this guy. Directed by Mel Gibson. (MJ)
Rated R.

TROLLS

From the creators of Shrek and featuring the voices of celebrities such
as Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake,
Zooey Deschanel, Russell Brand, Gwen
Stefani and James Corden, this animated comedy tells a tale of happiness
and the lengths we’ll go to grasp it.
When happy Troll Village is invaded by
the grumpy Bergens and almost all citizens are kidnapped, Poppy, the leader
of the trolls, must team up with nononsense, overly cautious troll Branch
in order to save the people of Troll Village from ending up in the stomachs of
the Bergens. (EG) Rated PG

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THE ACCOUNTANT

The man who was Batman is now an
accountant... but there’s a twist! Sure,
Ben Affleck is a math savant CPA with
no people skills, but his clients are
super evil criminals from around the
world. Didn’t expect that, did you?
When a Treasury agent (J.K. Simmons)
closes in on him and the CPA takes on
a big-time client, people start getting
shot all over the place. (MB) Rated R

BOO! A MADEA HALLOWEEN

Tyler Perry has taken his beloved Madea to jail, to witness protection, to
Christmas and elsewhere, but now
it’s time to celebrate Halloween with
the bombastic old lady (also played
by Perry, a choice best explained at
this point by some sort of deep psychological issue). This time she’s supposed to be watching a group of teens,
but encounters poltergeists, ghosts,
zombies and other evil entities. (MB)
Rated PG-13

DEEPWATER HORIZON

Director Peter Berg’s Deepwater Horizon deals with the April 2010 events on

the offshore oil-drilling rig that made
national headlines. The focal point of
the story is Mike Williams (Mark Wahlberg), an electronics technician who
is just starting a 21-day stint aboard
the rig when trouble begins. The site’s
supervisor, “Mr. Jimmy” Harrell (Kurt
Russell), questions the way that BP executives have taken shortcuts around
safety tests as the creation of the well
runs over budget and behind schedule.
Soon, a massive eruption of oil and gas
leads to an explosion that threatens
the lives of everyone on board. (SR)
Rated PG-13

THE DISAPPOINTMENTS ROOM

Kate Beckingsale plays a young mother who moves into a new, creepy house
with her husband. You know where this
is going, don’t you? Well, things don’t
get better when he discovers a secret
room in the basement that isn’t on the
home’s floor plans. (MB) Rated R

PLAYING
er, playing the role of Rachel Watson, a
devastated alcoholic divorcee. Rachel
takes the train every day, fantasizing
about the life of the strangers whose
house she passes by every day. One
day, she sees something shocking in
those strangers’ backyard. Rachel tells
the authorities what she thinks she saw
and becomes entangled in a missing
persons investigation, resulting in her
trying to sort through her memories to
discern what happened that day on the
train. (EG) Rated R

IN A VALLEY
OF VIOLENCE

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Denton, a place the protagonist, with
his dog and horse companions, stumbles upon on his way to Mexico. Paul’s
scuffle with a local hothead named
Gilly Martin (James Ransone) results in
a series of escalating overreactions that
build to outright, brutal violence. Also
starring John Travolta. (IH) Rated R

INFERNO

Tom Hanks plays Robert Langdon, a
symbologist who must follow a complicated series of clues related to medieval
poet Dante in order to solve a dastardly
worldwide conspiracy plot. Landon
wakes up with amnesia in an Italian
hospital, and with help from doctor
Sienna Brooks (Felicity Jones) he must
try to regain his memories before a
virus is released that could kill off half
of the Earth’s population. Based on the
novel written by Dan Brown, this film
is directed by Academy Award winner
Ron Howard. (EG) Rated PG-13

Tom Cruise plays investigator Jack
Reacher in this sequel to the 2012 original. After learning that his colleague,
Army Major Susan Turner (Cobie Smulders) has been arrested on charges of
espionage, Reacher sets out to prove
her innocence. His adventure forces
him to work outside the law as he uncovers a government conspiracy involving the death of U.S. soldiers. (EG)
Rated PG-13

KEEPING UP
WITH THE JONESES

Suburban couple Karen Gaffney (Isla
Fisher) and Jeff Gaffney (Zach Galifianakis) are suspicious of their impossibly perfect new neighbors Natalie
Jones (Gal Gadot) and Tim Jones (Jon
Hamm), and decide to embark on an
investigation of the Joneses. The Gaffneys soon discover that the Joneses are
government secret agents and become
entangled in an international espionage
scheme. (EG) Rated PG-13

SEVEN

THE MAGNIFICENT

In this remake, a town is under siege
from a ruthless big shot — in this case,
mining boss Bartholomew Bogue (Pe-

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ter Sarsgaard) — and his personal army
of enforcers. Widowed Emma Cullen
(Haley Bennett) tries to hire men willing to accept the likely suicidal job of
protecting the town, and one man,
bounty hunter Sam Chisolm (Denzel
Washington), agrees to assist. Then, he
has to find six more to make the title of
this Western work. (SR) Rated PG-13

MIDDLE SCHOOL:
THE WORST YEARS OF MY LIFE

Cool kid Rafe is stoked to finally arrive
at middle school. The bad news for Rafe
is that his middle school is the absolute
worst with mean teachers and a jerk
principal who doesn’t like fun, internet
memes and other cool stuff that hip
middle schoolers are into. So Rafe and
his equally victimized classmates hatch
a plan to take down this dorky principal
and free themselves from a life of tyranny. (MB) Rated PG

MISS PEREGRINE’S
HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN

When outcast Florida teen Jacob (Asa
Butterfield) goes to check on his beloved grandpa (Terence Stamp) after a
distressed phone call, he finds the old
man dying and sees monsters nearby.
Based on his cryptic dying words, Jacob
follows the path of his granddad’s fantastical bedtime stories about his time
at Miss Peregrine’s (a wonderfully stern
Eva Green) orphanage. After events
lead Jacob through a time portal, he
discovers that the children (known as
peculiars) do exist, possessing powers
like super strength and the ability to
rapidly grow plants. (MJ) Rated PG-13

NINE LIVES

Let’s start by saying that everything
about this film — in which a workaholic dad played by Kevin Spacey gets
trapped in the body of his daughter’s
cat — is oozing with cheese and slapstick comedy (from a CGI cat, nonetheless). Spacey’s character Tom Brand is
too busy building his business empire
to pay attention to his wife and daughter, so quirky pet store owner (Christopher Walken) casts a spell on him with
the requirement that he reconnect with
his family, or be trapped in the cat’s
body for the rest of his life. Antics ensue. (CS) Rated PG

OUIJA: ORIGIN OF EVIL

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leads to nothing but trouble? This prequel to 2014’s Ouija is set in 1967 and
features a single mom of two daughters procuring a bedeviled board as
part of her psychic scam business. But
when the youngest daughter tries to
contact her late father, a portal opens
and things get all messed up, as is wont
to happen in these sorts of films. (MB)
Rated R

PETE’S DRAGON

Park ranger Grace (Bryce Dallas Howard) discovers Pete (Oakes Fegley) living in the woods where he’s been alone
for six years, after an outing with his
parents ended in a car wreck that killed
them. But then he reveals that he’s had
the companionships of a big green
dragon named Elliot. (MJ) Rated PG

SULLY

Clint Eastwood’s Sully tells the story of
Captain Chesley “Sully” Sullenberger
(Tom Hanks) piloting a commercial
airliner to a water landing on the Hudson River with zero casualties (dubbed
“The Miracle on the Hudson”) in January 2009, and the ensuing investigation
by the National Transportation Safety
Board to determine if Sullenberger was
at fault. (SS) Rated PG-13

THE
SECRET LIFE OF PETS

Created by the team behind the Despicable Me films, The Secret Life of Pets
tells the story of a dog named Max
(voiced by Louis C.K.) suddenly forced
to welcome another pet to his apartment in the shaggy, sloppy Duke (Eric
Stonestreet). Mayhem naturally ensues,
and the two pups get lost in the city
and have to find their way home with
the help of a pack of Max’s friends. (DN)
Rated PG

STORKS

This animated movie reimagines babydelivering storks that are now tasked
with delivering retail packages. Top
delivery stork Junior (Andy Samberg)
is about to become the next leader of
the company when he accidentally
activates the baby making machine
and creates a baby girl. Junior and his
human friend Tulip (Katie Crown) must
find the baby a home before the boss
finds out. Featuring the voices of Jennifer Aniston, Keegan-Michael Key and
Jordan Peele. (EG) Rated PG 

him. The narrative eventually focuses on
Desmond facing a court-martial for refusing
to obey orders, and his strenuous wrestling
with his conscience, but for too long, it feels
like a weak approximation of Full Metal
Jacket’s Parris Island first half — and while
Vaughn’s role eventually takes on additional layers, he’s no R. Lee Ermey.
Also like Full Metal Jacket, Hacksaw Ridge
makes a shift to the battlefield, where it
country, but faces a unique challenge: As
faces a different set of comparisons. There’s
a devout Seventh-day Adventist, he is adamore than a little bit of Saving Private Ryan’s
mant in his refusal to take up arms against
Omaha Beach sequence in those moments,
another human being. So as he leaves bewhich doesn’t necessarily make them any
hind his fiancée, Dorothy (Teresa Palmer),
less effective in capturing the arbitrary
and parents (Hugo Weaving and Rachel
suddenness of death, or at showing the
Griffiths) with the intention
horror facing a man like
of serving as a medic, he
Desmond, whose only
HACKSAW RIDGE
believes he can serve by savgoal was helping to keep
Rated R
ing lives rather than taking
other men alive.
them — until he reaches basic Directed by Mel Gibson
It’s not as though
Starring Andrew Garfield, Sam
training, and faces a U.S.
Gibson isn’t gifted
Worthington, Vince Vaughn
Army that has no idea what
enough a filmmaker to
to do with this guy.
give his visceral style
When Desmond heads to Basic Trainsome distinctive elements, or the story of
ing, things get strangely familiar. In the barDesmond Doss isn’t singular enough in
racks of his rifle company, a no-nonsense
its improbable courage to warrant attendrill instructor, Sgt. Howell (Vince Vaughn),
tion. But on a cinematic level, modern
moves from soldier to soldier, doling out
war movies need to do more than remind
insults and colorful nicknames to his new
us that war is hell in ever-more-hellish
charges. As Desmond’s uncompromising
ways, seasoned with foxhole interludes of
refusal to pick up a weapon becomes clear,
personal reflection. The unique elements of
Sgt. Howell not-so-subtly suggests that the
this real-life tale deserve better than being
other soldiers should adjust the troubledropped into a template for movies you’ve
maker’s thinking, which they do by beating
already seen. 

A real-life war story is uncomfortably split in Hacksaw Ridge
BY SCOTT RENSHAW

S

ome of the most celebrated movies in
history have addressed the experience
of war — from All Quiet on the Western
Front to Apocalypse Now to Saving Private Ryan
— in a way that keeps raising the bar. Are
there compelling new stories to tell about
the brutality of armies clashing? And are
there ways to tell those stories that don’t
feel like something we’ve already seen in a
much better version?
Hacksaw Ridge certainly achieves the
former, uncovering a fascinating World War
II-era footnote that brings a new perspective
to a familiar milieu. But the way director
Mel Gibson and screenwriters Andrew
Knight and Robert Schenkkan choose to tell
that story evokes one of the most distinctive
war movies ever made: Stanley Kubrick’s
Full Metal Jacket. And the comparison does
not work in Hacksaw Ridge’s favor.
The story concerns Desmond Doss
(Andrew Garfield), an earnest young man
living in Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains
as America goes to war in 1941. He’s
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Rising

A reluctant country music listener and
a seasoned old-school country devotee
discuss the ascendance of alt-country
BY DAN NAILEN AND LAURA JOHNSON

Alt-country, led by the likes of Sturgill Simpson (above) and Jason Isbell, has made a resurgence in recent years.

J

ust last month, Americana/folk albums outsold country
records on the Billboard charts. This was unprecedented,
and it got us (music editor Laura Johnson and music
writer Dan Nailen) thinking about the significance and rise of
alt-country in the last few years. First, of course, we needed
to define what the genre entails. We decided to classify altcountry as artists who aren’t necessarily affiliated with the
Nashville music machine, but play music rooted in tradition.
The artists should most likely have a pedal-steel guitar on at
least one song.
Here are some highlights from our conversation.
How did you first get into country music?
DAN NAILEN: A natural outgrowth of my musical upbringing. My dad loved old, traditional country like Johnny Cash.
My older sister turned an adolescent me on to punk, introducing the likes of the Minutemen, the Replacements and X to
my Top 40-fied ears. Both genres’ best artists appealed to me
through ways the pop music of my youth couldn’t: Authenticity. Rebelliousness.
LAURA JOHNSON: One of my best friends liked country.

In college, we went on this road trip across Texas, her home
state, and she swore I’d be a country music fan by the end of
it. But by the time we’d gone through the Garth Brooks Greatest Hits box set twice, I still didn’t get the appeal.
DN: As I got older and came to appreciate songcraft more —
still infused with attitude, but now including some fiddles and
pedal-steel — I was hooked. Having folks like Neko Case, Old
97s and Jason Isbell considered “alt-country” doesn’t hurt.
LJ: That trip also included spins of my favorites, Johnny Cash
and Avett Brothers, but I didn’t see the connection. I was in
denial. Growing up, I always knew people who liked country,
and I thought the whole thing was awful. Too twangy, too
boring. But now years later, I’ve had to admit the truth; I like
a lot of country music. Still not that plastic pop stuff, but Garth
Brooks’ “That Summer”? Finally, I get it. I’m there.
What does alt-country’s rise to the
top say about the country genre?
LJ: What we’re seeing here is country music starting to appeal
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to a new generation of folks who thought they didn’t like
country. That Chris Stapleton’s Traveller was a best-selling
album, not only on the charts but also iTunes, proves that a
wider audience and younger generation is getting into a more
old-school style of country.
DN: There’s always been some division between country
insiders and outsiders. Willie Nelson basically failed when he
first went to Nashville, so he scurried to Texas and became a
legend of so-called “outlaw country.” Nashville is an industry
town, and artists who couldn’t make a lot of money for the
industry weren’t readily embraced, so they had to find an
alternative means to pursue their art.
LJ: I have this theory that fans start to like country music
after they’ve exhausted the punk and heavy rock phases of
their music life. Perhaps you get older and wiser. You’re OK
thinking about husbands and kids and things that country
outsiders like Jason Isbell or Sturgill Simpson are singing
about. And that these guys aren’t played on Top 40 country
radio is especially appealing.
DN: It’s true for rock and punk, too — hence the once-thriving indie labels and now the rise of artists who put out music
on their own. All these alt-country artists finding success are
further proof that there’s an audience for quality, even if some
label exec doesn’t hear a hit, or picture them filling arenas.
Does the genre have legs? Will country ever fall out of favor?
DN: The alt-country artists might never get bigger than they
are now, but they’ll never go away. The younger artists can
look at people like Lucinda Williams or Dwight Yoakam and
see people making great records decades into their careers,
playing to enthusiastic crowds. The venues might only seat
500 or 1,000 instead of the 10,000 at Carrie Underwood, but
an artist can make a good living playing to 1,000 people every
night. And for the fans, obviously the experience of seeing a
favorite artist in that size venue is way better. I believe that’s
called a “win-win.”
LJ: There are real cowboys in the Inland Northwest, the
people for whom this music was originally made. Places like
the Eagles Clubs and Airway Heights’ Buckhorn Inn feature
old-school country acts and dance nights. The local Spokane
indie music scene is also a good indicator of what’s going on
in the national scene at large. Five years ago, folk music was
quite big here; now a lot of the groups are working in the electronic pop genre. But alt-country and Americana are also seeing a push with acts like the popular Marshall McLean Band
and Silver Treason. Even if alt-country falls out of favor in the
downtown music club scene, this is an area that will always be
steeped in country music and its traditions. n

David Ramirez’s upcoming Spokane show will be a live album recording.

DAVID RAMIREZ

It’s easy to be drawn in by David Ramirez’s music, and the
attraction is the sense that the characters he sketches out on
albums like his excellent 2015 release Fables are quite real.
Ramirez wouldn’t be able to write the way he does without
first being honest with himself, something he’s come to grips
with over the course of putting more than 250,000 miles on
his 10-year-old Kia touring as a solo troubadour. “No one’s
compelled by half the truth,” Ramirez told website The Bluegrass
Situation. “You’re only compelled by the whole truth. Whenever
you can put it all out there, that’s when people really change.
And not just the audience — that’s when I change, when I’m able
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company that’s helped the likes of Jason Isbell and Sturgill
Simpson into the public consciousness. With a little luck,
Ramirez will also soon enjoy the high profile his songwriting
deserves. His current tour might help; every ticket sold includes
a live recording of the show.
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STURGILL SIMPSON

With A Sailor’s Guide to Earth, singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson welcomes
his newborn son to planet Earth over nine sweeping tracks. But others found
meaning in the songs, too. Not only did the April release, Simpson’s first on
a major label (Atlantic), hit No. 1 on the Billboard charts (in the country, folk
and rock categories), but the alt-country/Americana sensation has become
one of the year’s rising music stars. All of this was achieved with little to no
country radio support — in fact, when his hero Merle Haggard died earlier
this year, Simpson took to social media to rail against the Nashville establishment exploiting Haggard’s legacy.
Now, one year after playing the Knitting Factory, Simpson triumphantly
returns, with his weathered voice and lush backing band in tow. With
so much going on in one year, Simpson has somehow managed to stay
grounded. He told the Nashville Scene last week: “If I never go beyond this
phase right here, who gives a shit? I wrote a cliché, sappy record entirely and
specifically for my kid, and it went to No. 1. I got no complaints, man.”
— LAURA JOHNSON
Sturgill Simpson with the London Souls • Wed, Nov. 9, at 8 pm • $29.50
• All-ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague • sp.knittingfactory.com •
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REGGAE DIRTY HEADS

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his is the kind of positive, beach-vibe
music they say we need more of in this
world. These Southern California dudes
aren’t pretending to offer some enlightened
reason for existence; instead, their feel-good
reggae/hip-hop/rock tunes are all about
having a great time. Started by friends Dustin
Bushnell (vocals/guitar) and Jared Watson (vocals) back in 2003, this crew’s new self-titled
album expounds upon what they’ve always
held dear: Chilling with friends and family,
experimenting and experiencing (check out
the singles “That’s All I Need” and “Oxygen”
for reference). The five-piece often tours with
like-minded acts Sublime with Rome and Tribal
Seeds, but next week they headline their own
Knitting Factory show.
— LAURA JOHNSON
Dirty Heads with New Beat Fund and
RDGLDGRN • Tue, Nov. 8, at 8 pm • $25 •
All-ages • Knitting Factory • 919 W. Sprague •
sp.knittingfactory.com • 244-3279

his indie group seemingly is always on tour.
Right now they’re hustling around the country
touting their aptly titled album United States
of Angwish to as many people as possible, and
they’re booked well into 2017. A local favorite
in their hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina,
Angwish has been assaulting eardrums since
the late 1990s, when they were Bryan Bielanski’s
(guitars/vocals) pet project. Now adding drummer
Bethany Graham to the mix, the duo employs a
thick, grungy sound through the use of various
effect pedals and amplifiers. Their new album was
produced by Steve Albini (who made albums with
Nirvana, the Breeders and Pixies) and of their entire
catalog, it’s far and away the most cohesive and
solid. One night after this show, Angwish plays the
One World Cafe in Moscow.
— LAURA JOHNSON
Angwish with Incidia and Burning Clean • Thu,
Nov. 10, at 7 pm • $5/$8 day of • All-ages • The
Palomino • 6425 N. Lidgerwood • spokanepalomino.com • 242-8907
ZOLA, Andy Hackbarth Band

Mateusz Wolski, principal violinist for the Spokane Symphony,
is set to play at the Symphony’s first Intersect performance.

CLASSICAL CHINESE INTERSECTION

Formerly known as Symphony with a Splash, the Spokane
Symphony’s new Intersect program works to introduce a new
generation to classical music by bringing together a mix of
local art forms in one concert. The first of these events kicks
off this weekend with the symphony playing multiple modern
Chinese and Chinese American composers’ works, including
Chen Yi’s “YangKo” from Chinese Folk Dance Suite (movement 2) and Zhou Tian’s A Thousand Years of Good Prayers. To
balance that, the concert ends with Mozart’s grandiose Jupiter
symphony. Before the symphony’s hour-long performance,
concertgoers are invited to sample Chinese cuisine created by
local chef Jeremy Hansen. A three-course tasting is $15, or $10
with an Intersect series subscriber.
— LAURA JOHNSON
Intersect: From China to America, with the Spokane Symphony • Fri, Nov. 4, at 8 pm • $25 • Martin Woldson Theater
at the Fox • 1001 W. Sprague • spokanesymphony.org •
624-1200

You have to give Washington State University credit for booking
South African stand-up Trevor Noah as the featured performer for
Dad’s Weekend in Pullman. It would be easy to just book some
classic-rock fixture to please the old dudes in the audience, but the
occasionally edgy host of The Daily Show is a great choice, given
his undeniable skill as a stand-up comic that helped him land one
of the highest-profile gigs on television, and due to the rapidly
impending (thank God) Election Day just four days after the show.
I imagine that Noah will have a few things to say about this year’s
candidates.
— DAN NAILEN

The inaugural Decadence! Chocolate festival offers everything
even a casual chocolate connoisseur could desire, from tastings
to chocolate-themed art to wine-and-chocolate pairing classes
and more. The festival admission lets you sample something from
every vendor on site, including the Melting Pot, Sweet P Cupcakes,
Roast House, Dove Chocolate and the Scoop. A portion of the event
proceeds are being donated to Inland NW Baby, an organization
that helps local children living in poverty.
— EMILY GOODELL

Mind, Body, Spirit Holistic Fair Presents:

“Mindful Living”
Sat, Nov 5th • 10am-5pm
Free event - Free parking

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Known for his skill at making children chuckle, Kenn Nesbitt is a former U.S.
Children’s Poet Laureate and Spokane native whose collections include My
Hippo Has the Hiccups and The Armpit of Doom. This Friday night, bring your
kids out for a reading from his newest collection, One Minute till Bedtime:
60-Second Poems to Send You off to Sleep, which features new works by
beloved children’s authors across the country. Local poet Chris Cook and
children’s author Verla Kay plan to join Nesbitt to read their contributions to
the book.
— HAYLEE MILLIKAN

No matter who you voted for or who wins, election night is not complete
without parties on all sides. This Tuesday evening, the Spokane County GOP
hosts a culmination event with Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers
at the Davenport Grand Hotel (333 W. Spokane Falls Blvd., starts at 6 pm);
meanwhile, the Spokane County Democrats set up shop at the Lincoln
Center (1316 N. Lincoln; starts at 4:30 pm). Friends of the Libertarian Party of
Spokane County can meet at the Post Street Ale House (1 N. Post; starts at 7
pm). All of the aforementioned events are free to attend, with various snacks
and libations available and the important opportunity to socialize/commiserate with like-minded folks as results roll in. Bring your tissues and your party
hats — you never know who may win!
— HAYLEE MILLIKAN
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McMorris Rodgers info at bit.ly/2eglBm2 • Libertarians of Spokane County
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I SAW WHAT YOU WROTE PLEASE don’t
close yourself off to those around you.
Loss is never easy; especially when it is
unexpected. Betrayal is not easy, either,
especially when you put so much trust in
that person, but please, don’t let that make
you shut your heart. It is okay to guard your
heart from anger, bitterness, resentment
and callousness, yes. But it is unhealthy
to keep chains around it so much that you
never allow another person to enter. ou
are closing yourself off to new possibilities,
opportunities and friendships when you do
this. Please open up your heart.

CHEERS

I SAW YOU
BEST YEAR EVER Guacamole — thanks for
an amazing year full of love, laughter and
shenanigans. I couldn’t ask for a better
person to spend my days with. Here’s to
many more years to come — CHEERS! Love,
Cinnamonizy.
YOU ARE HANDSOME, BTW To the complimentary gentleman that made my day. You
averted a 6 pack on the floor disaster in
the beer aisle at Rosauers on 29th. 400ish
on 10/26. You ended up behind me in the
checkout line... with “ you’re pretty by the
way”. I just hoping I answered graciously
as I was really caught off guard. I thank
you kindly! If you would like to reply-fdm@
dennisuniform.com
THE REAL SPOKANE CELEBRITIES Nico and
Joey, you often speak of Spokane celebrities on your podcast, but you two are the
real Spokane celebrities (Matt too). Your
podcast will put Spokane on the map in
the podcast world. Even though the sound
quality isn’t always the best, your podcast
is and will continue to be “Ultra Successful”
in our hearts.
SOUTH HILL LAUNDRY MAT I saw you
at Thompsons Laundry Mat next to
Huckleberrys Saturday morning 10/29. You
were doing laundry while your daughter
waited patiently. I was the long haired guy
who sat by your daughter while we were
waiting. Anyway you had a really pretty
smile and I’d like to buy you a coffee, maybe

IN THE HEADLIGHTS
To all my neighbors in Nine Mile Falls: THANK YOU for
slowing down, dimming your brights, and
giving me wide berth when passing me
as I run along Charles Road in the evening. Since there’s no sidewalk or shoulder, I depend upon your courtesy for my
safety. And for those who accelerate as you
approach, keeping your high-beams on to
burn out my eyes, and seeing how close
you can get to me without actually hitting
me, you must be from out of town — I can’t
imagine the locals being so rude!! I always
run outside the white line, opposite the
flow of traffic, and with my LED light vest
on to indicate my presence. Please remember that we all share the road. My family
and I appreciate it!
HEY THERE, STARFISH You are a shooting
star of a girl and have destroyed me with
your big blue eyes, roller skates, and intimate knowledge of the Star Wars extended
universe. Let’s move into a sailboat and
travel the world. I love you!
VIGILANT PASSERBY Cheers to an alert
passerby for protecting me and warding
off a shoplifter in the parking lot of a
grocery store at 3rd & Maple. This occurred
toward the end of this summer. A tall, shady
individual wheeled out a shopping cart
containing over $100 worth of merchandise
without paying for it. I approached him and
he pulled out a billy club and proceeded to
lunge at me while screaming manic, violent
threats. Just as I was about to be struck by

the club, you swerved into the far right lane
on Maple and jumped out of your truck. You
confronted him: “if you wanna hit someone, hit me. I’m sick and tired of tweakers
in Spokane. If you’re such a (expletive)
badass, come on, take a swing. Leave this
guy the (expletive) alone.” I thank you
for courageously preventing what had the
potential to be a brutal assault. I owe you a
beer! I mean it.
MY LOVE... To my husband of 5+ years who
laughs when I tell people we’ve actually

“

garage to match the key to the correct
vehicle. You left them in my door handle
along with a brief note. As usual, I was in
a huge rush that day and you saved me so
much time and grief. Thank you so much
kind stranger!
HELLO BATMAN So much time passing
since last visit to the Batcave. Hoping the
Cat woman isn’t scratching too much after
overdosing on the catnip. Leaving the light
on always. Love you still.

prepared and I have paid to enjoy. Use it
for social engagements perhaps, but not
on the job. No one else likes it as much
as you do.
DRUNK AND ENTITLED Jeers to the drunk
GU student that was harassing McDonald’s
workers on mission and Hamilton who had
to close their walk up window due to being
understaffed and and harassed by other
drunk patrons. If you didn’t look enough
like a jackass just by having a Minions onesie on, knocking over the garbage can and

Okay... your jokes are a little weak... and
you don’t share my love of yard work...
but I can’t imagine my life without you.

been married for 30 years. I mean this in a
good way. I would like to think we will have
30+ years but because we found each other
later in life that may not be possible. You
are my greatest love, my best friend, my
pillow sharer, my rock. 5 short years packed
with 30 years of experiences. I can honestly say I love you more today than I ever
thought posssible. Okay... your jokes are a
little weak... and you don’t share my love
of yard work... but I can’t imagine my life
without you. Plus, you do give me the best
foot rubs. As my parents use to say “Grow
old (er) with me; the best is yet to be”.
MILKSHAKE HERO Cheers to the funny
employee at Jack in the Box who took
my order in a funny voice and made me
laugh. Then when I got to the window to
pick up the yay it’s finally Friday chocolate
milkshake I was craving and realized my
wallet was in my diaper bag he gave me the
milkshake anyway and said “see you next
time”. I’ll definitely go back — and have my
wallet. Thanks for your kindness!
GOOD SAMARITAN I am so grateful to the
person who took the time to not only pick
up my keys from the elevator, but instead
of turning them in to security, went one
step better and went through the parking

LOCAL BUSINESSES’ GOOD GUYS TO THE
RESCUE Cheers: to Dan of Superior Towing
and to Jeremy of Muffler Mart who rescued me from exhaust fumes. When my
car started making noises I stopped by
Superior Towing, which was in the area, to
ask if I needed a tow. Dan came out determined I had an exhaust leak and needed to
get to Muffler Mart for a look see, driving
with my windows down in the rain, so I
didn’t pass out. Jeremy greeted me with
a smile, and said he’d take a look, putting
my car on the lift right away. My car had
a missing bolt, which came off causing
the trouble. After telling me that, he had
it fixed in a couple of minutes. I was on my
way! Thanks again Dan and Jeremy. You are
great examples of skilled and concerned
local business owners, looking out for people and representing your businesses and
Spokane with class and integrity.

JEERS
OVERWHELMING PERFUMES Please....
food servers please stop with the perfume.
Perfume was created to cover body odors
when daily bathing was unavailable. Your
overwhelming use of perfume destroys the
taste and smell of the food the kitchen has

”

walking away sure made you look like one.
What you should have done instead was
to pop the lid off and jump inside because
you are trash.
RE: JEERS TO UR CHEATIN MAN Despite
your bad, bad grammar I think I know the
bald jerk. I have had my suspicions about
him. Can you give initials? A clue? There are
a lot of a$$holes that work at that restaurant. Is this one a Jr with a 10+year marriage
and a daughter? Does McKenzie know? 

NOTE: I Saw You/Cheers & Jeers is for adults 18 or older. The Inlander reserves the
right to edit or reject any posting at any time at its sole discretion and assumes no
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HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR & RESISTANCE FIGHTER Carla P. shares her incredible story of survival and resistance
in Holland during the Holocaust. Nov. 3,
7 pm. Free, registration required. Trent
Elementary School, 3303 N. Pines Rd.
AFTER HOURS AT THE LIBRARY Listen
to local authors while enjoying complimentary refreshments and learning
more about the Friends of the Spokane
County Library District, the programs it
supports with the funds we raise, and
how to become a member. Nov. 4, 7-9
pm. Free and open to the public. North
Spokane Library, 44 E. Hawthorne Rd.
FAMILY DANCE & POTLUCK Easy-tolearn folk dances are taught by Susan
Dankovich, accompanied by live music.
No partners or experience required.
Potluck at 6:30 pm with dance starting at 7. First Friday of the month, from
6:30-8 pm. Free, donations accepted.
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 127
E. 12th Ave. (533-9955)
HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR Featuring
regionally-produced handcrafted products. A portion of all sales benefits the
Friends of the Coeur d’Alene Public
Library. Nov. 4-5. Free admission. CdA
Public Library, 702 E. Front Ave. cdalibrary.org (208-769-2315)
JUBILEE INTERNATIONAL MARKETPLACE Spokane’s annual sale of fairlytraded handcrafts from around the
world, featuring 30+ groups who work
directly with the artisans in Guatemala,
Nepal, Thailand, Ethiopia, Kenya, Mexico, Peru and Chile. Nov. 4, 10 am-7 pm
and Nov. 5, 9 am-4 pm Free admission.
First Presbyterian Church, 318 S. Cedar
St. spokanefpc.org (981-7143)
LEVELUP OPEN HOUSE A celebration
of the library’s new, public coworking
space. SPL is the second public library
in the country to offer this service. Nov.
4, 10 am-6 pm. Free and open to the
public. Downtown Spokane Library,
906 W. Main Ave. spokanelibrary.org
ST. JOHN’S LUTHERAN BAZAAR The
annual bazaar/rummage sale offers
baked goods, German foods, crafts, a
raffle and more. Nov. 4, 9 am-8 pm and
Nov. 5, 9 am-4 pm. St. John’s Lutheran
Church (Medical Lake), 223 S. Hallett
Rd. (299-4114)
CENTRAL LUTHERAN SCANDINAVIAN
BAZAAR Items for sale include Scandinavian food specialties, plus other holiday cookies, meatballs and crafts. Proceeds from this event are given back to
the community through local charities.
A “Kaffe Stua” (Norwegian coffee hour)

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A

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Philippine president-cum-dictator Rodrigo Duterte
(nicknamed “the Punisher” for allegations that, as the mayor of Davao, he directed “death squads” to kill criminal suspects
without due process) has made good on his promise to eradicate

drugs and drug users from his country. “I will not stop until the last
pusher on the streets is fully exterminated,” he said last month. “I
will kill all the drug lords. Make no bones about it.”
Police and vigilantes, with the president’s support (“If you
know of any addicts, go ahead and kill them yourself,” he told a

crowd in Manila after his election in May), have committed nearly
3,500 extrajudicial killings of suspected drug traffickers so far.
Hundreds of thousands of people, according to a state police
report, have also “surrendered voluntarily” rather than risk being
murdered for possession of methamphetamine, called shabu, or
cannabis (the two most-confiscated substances during arrests).
Confusingly, Duterte says he’d endorse medical marijuana if
his country’s Food and Drug Administration approved of its use.
“Medicinal marijuana — yes, because it is really an ingredient of
modern medicine now,” he explained to reporters in May.
The president’s “shoot-to-kill” policy, however, is a cornerstone of his anti-crime, peace-and-order agenda, which Filipinos
have championed. But many worry, rightfully, that the strongman’s
fearmongering campaign of slaughter will prove lethal to the island
nation’s fragile democracy. (As recently as 1986 the Philippines was
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BRAHMS REQUIEM A Spokane Choral
Artists concert featuring guest pianists
Carolyn Jess and David Brewster. Nov.
4, 7:30-10 pm. $12-$18. St. Stephen’s
Episcopal, 5720 S. Perry. spokanechoralartists.com
SPOKANE SYMPHONY INTERSECT:
FROM CHINA TO AMERICA Enjoy food
(from Sante Restaurant) and cocktails
during a happy hour before the show,
which features a program by Chinese
composers along with Mozart’s Sym-

CHAMPIONS AMONG US Spokane
Nordic Ski Association’s season kickoff event, with a silent auction, trivia
and bison for dinner. Proceeds support development of an adaptive ski
program at Mt. Spokane State Park.
Nov. 5, 5:30-8:30 pm. $20. Southside
Community Center, 3151 E. 27th. spokanenordic.org
PRAY FOR SNOW PRESEASON BASH
Throw on your retro skiwear for an
evening of beer, music and prizes from
top ski and snowboard brands. Free;
register to save a spot. Nov. 5, 5-8 pm.
REI, 1125 N. Monroe. (328-9900)
WINTER SWAP New and used skis,
snowboards, winter clothing and more
is available at low prices. Organized/
benefiting the Lookout Pass Ski Patrol.
Nov. 5, 9 am-3 pm. $5, kids under 12
free. Kootenai County Fairgrounds,
4056 N. Gov’t Way. winterswap.org
SNOWLANDER EXPO The Inlander’s
annual winter sports festival offers
some of the best deals of the season
gear and winter apparel from local/
regional vendors. Also get season pass
specials, sample 60+ beers/ciders at
the PowderKeg Brewfest, and hear live
music. Nov. 11, 4-8 pm and Nov. 12, 10
am-7 pm. Spokane Convention Center,
334 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. snowlanderexpo.com

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Advice Goddess
THE SHRINING

AMY ALKON

Six months after meeting this amazing woman — I’ll
call her Ms. Perfect — I asked her to marry me. A year
later, she broke off the engagement, saying, “I shouldn’t
be wearing your engagement ring and noticing other
men.” That was two years ago. Since then, I’ve dated
three women. None came close to the high bar set by
Ms. Perfect. Do I lower my standards or live the rest of
my life alone?
—Don’t Want To Hurt Someone Else As I Was Hurt

Endlessly replaying the memories of how perfect your ex was is a great idea
— if you’re looking to grow old with a tube sock and a vat of lotion.
Like most of us, you probably have the adorable idea of memory as some
faithful servant, dutifully reporting what actually happened — rather than as
the sneaky, ego-serving distorter it is. If memory were faithful to reality -- like a
videotape -- we could just pull out, oh, “The night of January 12, 2015, with Ms.
Perfect” and we’d have an accurate replay of the evening’s events, with maybe a
few fuzzy bits where somebody spilled a little sangria on the tape.
However, fascinating research on learning and memory by cognitive psychologist Robert Bjork finds that “using one’s memory shapes one’s memory.” Bjork
explains that the more you “retrieve” something from your mind — that is, bring
up the memory to replay -- the bigger and stronger it grows in your memory. In
other words, retrieval is the neon-pink highlighting marker of your mind.
So, you retrieve and retrieve — and remember — your ex’s heart-shaped fried
eggs and that sweet thing she said while unloading the dishwasher and not being
exiled to the couch or her circus-style knife throwing. Not surprisingly, no real
woman can compare. And sure, maybe these women you dated weren’t right for
you. But the question — with any woman — is whether she meets enough of your
standards. You can’t have it all — but do you have enough of it all?
You figure that out by coming up with a shortlist of minimums — standards
for the stuff you absolutely can’t live without in a partner, in looks, demeanor
(especially kindness), intelligence, rationality, and anything else that matters
to you. Once you find someone who meets your minimums, remind yourself of
the distorto job done on memory by the viewing preferences of your ego and
emotions. This should help keep you from damaging your future with this new
woman: “Oh…table for three?” she says. “Is somebody joining us?” You: “Just the
eternal spectre of my ex.” (Uh, not the sort of threesome anyone is looking for.)

‘NIGHT MOTHER A drama that explores
the contemplation of choosing one’s
own destiny. Through Nov. 6, Thu-Sat at
7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm. $24-$31. Modern
Theater Coeur d’Alene, 1320 E. Garden.
themoderntheater.org
THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW A loving homage to the classic B sci-fi film.
Through Nov. 5; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm,
Sun at 2 pm. Late shows Fri-Sat at 11
pm. $25. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020
N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com
A STREETCAR NAMED DESIRE Tennessee Williams’ sultry story of passion
revolves around faded Southern belle
Blanche DuBois’ visit to her sister in a
seedy section of New Orleans. Through
Nov. 13, Thu-Sat at 7:30, Sun at 2 pm.
$18-$27. Spokane Civic Theatre, 1020
N. Howard St. spokanecivictheatre.com
THE ADDAMS FAMILY A new musical
based on the single-panel gag cartoons
created by Charles Addams. Through
Nov. 6; Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 1:30
pm. $12-$22. Regional Theatre of the
Palouse, 122 N Grand. rtoptheatre.org
THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM
SHAKESPEARE ABRIDGED An irreverent, fast-paced romp through the
Bard’s plays; all 37 of them in 97 minutes. Nov. 4-20, Fri-Sat at 7 pm, Sun at
2 pm. $13-$15. Sixth Street Theater, 212
Sixth St. sixthstreetmelodrama.com
CYT SPOKANE: ELF JR. A performance
by the students of Christian Youth Theater Spokane. Nov. 4-5, at 7 pm, Nov. 5
and 12-13 at 3 pm; school day performances Nov. 8-9 at 10 am and 12:30 pm.
Bing Crosby Theater, 901 W. Sprague
Ave. bingcrosbytheater.com
HIT & RUN X The 10th and final year of
Spokane playwright Sandra Hosking’s
popular staged reading of short comedies by playwrights from the region.
Nov. 4-6. $10. Stage Left Theater, 108
W. Third Ave. spokanestageleft.org
MOSCOW COMMUNITY THEATRE: INSPECTING CAROL A comedic variation
on the play “The Inspector General” by
Nikolai Gogol. Nov. 4-13, Fri-Sat at 7:30
pm, Sun at 2 pm. $10-$15. The Kenworthy, 508 S. Main St. kenworthy.org
A POTPOURRI OF PLAYS The annual
production features eight short plays by
playwrights from the U.S. and England,
performed by a cast of 18 locals. Nov. 4,
2 pm. $10. Corbin Senior Center, 827 W.
Cleveland Ave. (327-1584)
SPACED OUT! Live improv comedy
show performed by the Blue Door Theatre Players. Nov. 4, 11, 18, and 25, at 8
pm. $7. Blue Door Theatre, 815 W. Garland Ave. bluedoortheatre.com
STOP KISS A poignant exploration
about the ways, both sudden and slow,
that lives can change irrevocably. Nov.
4-13, Thu-Sat at 7:30 pm, Sun at 2 pm.
$15. The Modern Theater Spokane, 174
S. Howard. themoderntheater.org
GIRL, AWAKE The play features girls,
ages 11-16, presenting monologues
and scenes involving some of the challenges that girls face around the world
today. Topics include homelessness,
bullying, social media, child marriage,
and child labor. Nov. 5, 5:30 pm. Free.
Hayden Library, 8385 N. Government
Way. (208-772-5612 x 121)
BEAUTIFUL: THE CAROLE KING MUSICAL The Tony- and Grammy-winning
musical tells the inspiring true story
of King’s remarkable rise to stardom

to become one of the most successful
solo acts in popular music history. Nov.
9-13; show times vary. $32.50-$77.50.
INB Performing Arts Center, 334 W.
Spokane Falls Blvd. wcebroadway.com

If you decide to flee north, prepare for signs to include both English and French.

Election apocalypse got you down?
Join your new friends in the Great White North
BY DAN NAILEN

C

ome Tuesday and barring any Bush/Gore-style
recounts and lawsuits, our long national Election
2016 nightmare will be over. Celebration of that
fact might be the only thing the majority of Americans
can agree on.
Depending on how the presidential race turns out,
nearly half the country will see the result as evidence
that The End is Nigh for the good ol’ U.S. of A. The
Republican and Democratic nominees are seen in such
dire, devilish ways by their foes that talk of “rigged”
elections, revolution and fleeing the country has become
commonplace.
Our collective consternation has not gone unnoticed
by the world beyond our borders. Monty Python’s John
Cleese told me a couple of weeks ago that “Nobody in
Europe can begin to understand” the vitriol and stupidity
that’s happening in the U.S. election. And a Toronto
ad agency created a Twitter hashtag campaign a few
weeks back — #TellAmericaItsGreat — to help Americans
weather the nastiness by reminding us what makes the
States special.
Such a magnanimous outpouring of support from our
neighbors to the north made me curious what Canadians
really think of our election this year — and what I might
need to know if a run to the border is indeed required
due to an American Civil War come Nov. 9. So I headed

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up to British Columbia 10 days before our Judgment
Day, er, Election Day, and talked to some friendly Canadians. I may or may not have listened to Neil Young,
Rush and the complete works of Bryan Adams on the
drive. (I did not, but I did listen to the four-fifths-Canadian rockers The Band.)

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ne of the stereotypes of Canadians I’ve learned
through my repeated viewings of Strange Brew
is that they are a friendly folk (who also love
hockey and beer), and that proved true as they talked
about our election — usually laughing before even hearing my first question.
“I’m enjoying the comedy, it’s priceless,” says Tim
Naas, who works in the Patagonia store in Nelson, the
resort town a little less than four hours north of Spokane.
Naas has a Canadian friend living in Montana; he likes
to ask if she gets hit on a lot by guys hoping to get Canada’s version of a green card. He thinks any American
expats would enjoy the free health care, miss America’s
craft beer and need to get used to Canadian manners.
“We’re a lot more apologetic up here,” Naas says. “So get
used to people saying ‘sorry’ all the time.”
Travis Russell at Rossland Beer Company says the
U.S. election has been a big topic of discussion in the
small town an hour southwest of Nelson. “We’re directly

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affected, right? We’re a border town,” Russell says. “Anybody who’s willing to hop the fence due to the election
process — you’re my kind of person. Go ahead.”
Down the block at Clansey’s Cafe, Mike Meloche
says Americans should know that marijuana isn’t legal
in Canada — yet — but “we’re friendly. Overly friendly.”
The U.S. election is impossible to escape; people he talks
to are “going crazy. It’s all they’re talking about. They’re
shocked and awed, and [talking about] how funny it is
that it’s gotten this far.”
Cameron McDougall works at Ainsworth Hot
Springs, and he thinks Americans who move to Canada
might have a hard time acclimating to life north of the
border.
“You gotta get used to the lifestyle, it’s pretty laid
back here,” McDougall says. “I see Americans come up
here, they’re like springs. They’re wound-up.”

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think most of us could probably make that adjustment. In my time in Canada, I found things that
would make me feel right at home, from taco joints
to Southern BBQ, and things America could use more
of, like liquor store delivery cars. The biggest challenges
were remembering that kilometers per hour aren’t the
same as miles per hour as I drove, realizing that my
spelling would take a beating for a while — centre instead
of center, etc. — and learning that money that has clear
windows and trains and old English women on it is,
indeed, real money. And that money goes surprisingly
fast when one starts eating poutine and venison chops on
the regular.
Those friendly Canadian locals would certainly help
with the transition, though. Not only are they inherently
nice, our ugly election has made them even more so.
“I feel sorry for the American people right now,”
McDougall says. “It’s a little embarrassing. I’ve seen a
couple of elections that were bad, but that one has to be
the most controversial election ever, right?”
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